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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 1, 2019

Registration No. 333-            

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

Form F-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

AerCap Holdings N.V.

and the Subsidiary Guarantors listed on Schedule A hereto

 

 

 

The Netherlands

(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)

 

7359

(Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number)

 

98-0514694

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

AerCap House

65 St. Stephen’s Green

Dublin D02 YX20

Ireland

+ 353 1 819 2010

(Address and telephone number of the registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

 

Puglisi & Associates

850 Library Avenue, Suite 204

Newark, Delaware 19711

(302) 738-6680

(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

 

 

Copies to:

 

Craig F. Arcella
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Worldwide Plaza
825 8th Avenue
New York, New York 10019
(212) 474-1000
      Vincent Drouillard
AerCap House
65 St. Stephen’s Green
Dublin D02 YX20
Ireland
+ 353 1 819 2010

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:

From time to time after this registration statement becomes effective.

 

 

If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box.  ☐

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, 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 registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.C. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box.  ☒

If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.C. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box.  ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933.

 

Emerging Growth Company  

If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, 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 pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.  ☐

† The term “new or revised financial accounting standard” refers to any update issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to its Accounting Standards Codification after April 5, 2012.

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 

Title of Each Class of

Securities to be Registered

 

Maximum Amount
to be

Registered(1)

 

Proposed

Maximum
Offering Price

Per Security

 

Proposed

Maximum
Aggregate

Offering Price

  Amount of
Registration Fee

Debt Securities

  (2)   (2)   (2)   (2)

Guarantees of Debt Securities registered pursuant to this registration statement

  N/A(3)   (3)   (3)   (3)

Total Registration Fee

       

 

 

(1)

In accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r) under the Securities Act, the registrant is deferring payment of all of the registration fee.

(2)

An indeterminate number of debt securities is being registered pursuant to this registration statement.

(3)

Pursuant to Rule 457(n) under the Securities Act, no separate fee is payable with respect to the guarantees.

 

 

 


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Schedule A—Table of Subsidiary Guarantors

 

Exact Name of Subsidiary Guarantor

 

State or Other
Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or
Organization

 

I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
Number

 

Address and Telephone
Number of Registrant’s
Principal Executive Offices

AerCap Aviation Solutions B.V.

  The Netherlands   98-1054653  

Evert van de Beekstraat 1 –

Unit 104

1118 CL Schiphol

The Netherlands

+31 20 7991500

AerCap Global Aviation Trust

  Delaware   38-7108865  

4450 Atlantic Avenue Westpark

Business Campus

Shannon, Co. Clare, Ireland

+353-61-723-600

AerCap Ireland Capital Designated Activity Company

 

Ireland

 

98-1150693

 

4450 Atlantic Avenue Westpark

Business Campus

Shannon, Co. Clare, Ireland

+353-61-723-600

AerCap Ireland Limited

  Ireland   98-0110061  

4450 Atlantic Avenue Westpark

Business Campus

Shannon, Co. Clare, Ireland

+353-61-723-600

AerCap U.S. Global Aviation LLC

  Delaware   30-0810106  

4450 Atlantic Avenue

Westpark Business Campus

Shannon, Co. Clare, Ireland

+353-61-723-600

International Lease Finance Corporation

  California   22-3059110  

10250 Constellation Boulevard,

Suite 1500

Los Angeles, California 90067

(310) 788-1999


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PROSPECTUS

 

 

LOGO

AerCap Holdings N.V.

Debt securities (guaranteed to the extent provided herein)

 

 

AerCap Holdings N.V. (the “Issuer” or “AerCap”) may offer and sell from time to time debt securities as separate series in amounts, at prices and on terms to be determined at the time of sale. The debt securities may consist of debentures, notes or other types of debt. For each offering, a prospectus supplement will accompany this prospectus and will contain the specific terms of the series of debt securities for which this prospectus is being delivered.

The Issuer may sell debt securities to or through one or more underwriters or dealers, and also may sell debt securities directly to other purchasers or through agents. The accompanying prospectus supplement will set forth information regarding the underwriters or agents involved in the sale of the debt securities for which this prospectus is being delivered. See “Plan of Distribution” for possible indemnification arrangements for underwriters, agents and their controlling persons.

This prospectus may not be used for sales of debt securities unless it is accompanied by a prospectus supplement.

 

 

Investing in the debt securities to be offered by this prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement involves risk. You should carefully review the risks and uncertainties described under the heading “Risk Factors” on page 3 of this prospectus, and any risk factors included in any accompanying prospectus supplement and in the reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) that are incorporated by reference in this prospectus, before you make an investment in our debt securities.

Neither the SEC nor any other state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these debt securities or passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

The date of this prospectus is October 1, 2019.


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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS

     1  

COMPANY INFORMATION

     2  

RISK FACTORS

     3  

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

     4  

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

     5  

INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

     6  

USE OF PROCEEDS

     7  

DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES AND GUARANTEES

     8  

CERTAIN IRISH, DUTCH AND U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES

     9  

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

     10  

ENFORCEMENT OF CIVIL LIABILITY JUDGMENTS UNDER IRISH LAW

     12  

ENFORCEMENT OF CIVIL LIABILITY JUDGMENTS UNDER DUTCH LAW

     13  

LEGAL MATTERS

     14  

EXPERTS

     14  

DISCLOSURE OF SEC POSITION ON INDEMNIFICATION FOR SECURITIES ACT LIABILITIES

     15  

Rather than repeat certain information in this prospectus that we have already included in reports filed with the SEC, we are incorporating this information by reference, which means that we can disclose important business, financial and other information to you by referring to those publicly filed documents that contain the information. The information incorporated by reference is not included or delivered with this prospectus.

We will provide without charge to each person to whom a prospectus is delivered, upon written or oral request of such person, a copy of any or all documents that are incorporated into this prospectus by reference, other than exhibits to such documents, unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference into the documents that this prospectus incorporates. Requests should be directed to AerCap Holdings N.V., AerCap House, 65 St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin D02 YX20, Ireland, or by telephoning us at +353 1 819 2010.

 

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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS

This prospectus is part of a registration statement that we have filed with the SEC on Form F-3, utilizing a “shelf” registration process, relating to the debt securities and guarantees described in this prospectus. Under this shelf registration process, the Issuer may, from time to time, sell the debt securities described in this prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement in one or more offerings. Each time the Issuer sells debt securities, it will provide a prospectus supplement that will contain specific information about the terms of that specific offering, including the offering price of the debt securities. The prospectus supplement may also add, update or change information contained in this prospectus. You should carefully read both this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement relating to any specific offering of debt securities, together with additional information described below under the headings “Where You Can Find More Information” and “Incorporation by Reference,” before you decide to invest in any of the debt securities.

This prospectus and any accompanying prospectus supplements, or any free writing prospectus, do not contain all of the information included in the registration statement. We have omitted parts of the registration statement in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC. For further information, we refer you to the registration statement on Form F-3, including its exhibits, of which this prospectus is a part. Statements contained in this prospectus and any accompanying prospectus supplements about the provisions or contents of any agreement or other document are not necessarily complete. If the SEC rules and regulations require that an agreement or document be filed as an exhibit to the registration statement, please see that agreement or document for a complete description of these matters. You should not assume that the information in this prospectus, any prospectus supplements, any free writing prospectus or in any documents incorporated herein or therein by reference is accurate as of any date other than the date on the front of each of such documents.

Unless indicated otherwise or the context otherwise requires, references in this prospectus to the terms “our,” “us,” “we,” “AerCap” or the “Company” include AerCap Holdings N.V. and its consolidated subsidiaries.

Currency amounts in this prospectus are stated in United States dollars, unless indicated otherwise.

 

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COMPANY INFORMATION

AerCap is a global leader in aircraft leasing. AerCap focuses on acquiring in-demand aircraft at attractive prices, funding them efficiently, hedging interest rate risk prudently and using its platform to deploy these assets with the objective of delivering superior risk-adjusted returns. AerCap is a New York Stock Exchange-listed company under the ticker symbol AER. Our headquarters is located in Dublin and we have offices in Shannon, Los Angeles, Singapore, Amsterdam, Shanghai and Abu Dhabi. We also have representative offices at the world’s largest aircraft manufacturers, Boeing in Seattle and Airbus in Toulouse.

AerCap was incorporated in the Netherlands with registered number 34251954 on July 10, 2006 as a public limited liability company (“naamloze vennootschap” or “N.V.”) under the Dutch Civil Code. AerCap’s principal executive offices are located at AerCap House, AerCap House, 65 St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin D02 YX20, Ireland, its general telephone number is +353 1 819 2010, and its website address is www.aercap.com. Puglisi & Associates is the AerCap’s authorized representative in the United States. The address of Puglisi & Associates is 850 Liberty Avenue, Suite 204, Newark, DE 19711 and their general telephone number is +1 (302) 738-6680.

 

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RISK FACTORS

Investing in the debt securities to be offered by this prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement involves risk. Before you make a decision to buy such debt securities, you should read and carefully consider the risks and uncertainties discussed in the section captioned “Risk Factors” in Item 3 of our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2018, filed with the SEC on March 8, 2019 and in Part II, Item 1A of our interim financial reports contained in our Current Reports on Form 6-K subsequently filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and incorporated by reference herein, as well as any risks described in any applicable prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus or in other documents that are incorporated by reference therein. Additional risks not currently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also have a material adverse effect on us. You should carefully consider the aforementioned risks together with the other information in this prospectus and incorporated by reference herein before deciding to invest in the debt securities. If any of those risks actually occur, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected. In that case, we may be unable to make required payments of principal of, or premiums and interest, if any, on the debt securities.

 

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FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

This prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference herein may contain “forward looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. We have based these forward looking statements largely on our current beliefs and projections about future events and financial trends affecting our business. Many important factors, in addition to those discussed in this prospectus, could cause our actual results to differ substantially from those anticipated in our forward looking statements, including, among other things:

 

   

the availability of capital to us and to our customers and changes in interest rates;

 

   

the ability of our lessees and potential lessees to make operating lease payments to us;

 

   

our ability to successfully negotiate aircraft purchases, sales and leases, to collect outstanding amounts due and to repossess aircraft under defaulted leases, and to control costs and expenses;

 

   

changes in the overall demand for commercial aircraft leasing and aircraft management services;

 

   

the effects of terrorist attacks on the aviation industry and on our operations;

 

   

the economic condition of the global airline and cargo industry and economic and political conditions;

 

   

development of increased government regulation, including regulation of trade and the imposition of import and export controls, tariffs and other trade barriers;

 

   

competitive pressures within the industry;

 

   

the negotiation of aircraft management services contracts;

 

   

regulatory changes affecting commercial aircraft operators, aircraft maintenance, engine standards, accounting standards and taxes; and

 

   

the risks described or referred to in “Risk Factors” in this prospectus or any prospectus supplement, in our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2018 and in our Reports on Form 6-K furnished to the SEC from time to time.

The words “believe”, “may”, “will”, “aim”, “estimate”, “continue”, “anticipate”, “intend”, “expect” and similar words are intended to identify forward looking statements. Forward looking statements include information concerning our possible or assumed future results of operations, business strategies, financing plans, competitive position, industry environment, potential growth opportunities, the effects of future regulation and the effects of competition. Forward looking statements speak only as of the date they were made and we undertake no obligation to update publicly or to revise any forward looking statements because of new information, future events or other factors. In light of the risks and uncertainties described above, the forward looking events and circumstances described in this prospectus might not occur and are not guarantees of future performance. The factors described above should not be construed as exhaustive and should be read in conjunction with the other cautionary statements and the risk factors that are included under “Risk Factors” in this prospectus or any prospectus supplement, in our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2018 incorporated by reference herein and in our Reports on Form 6-K furnished to the SEC from time to time incorporated by reference herein. Except as required by applicable law, we do not undertake any obligation to publicly update or review any forward looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.

 

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WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

We have filed a registration statement on Form F-3, including the exhibits and schedules thereto, with the SEC under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the rules and regulations thereunder, for the registration of the debt securities that are being offered by this prospectus. This prospectus does not include all of the information contained in the registration statement. You should refer to the registration statement and its exhibits for additional information. Whenever we make reference in this prospectus to any of our contracts, agreements or other documents that we filed as exhibits to the registration statement, the references are not necessarily complete and you should refer to the exhibits attached to the registration statement for copies of the actual contract, agreements or other documents.

We are subject to the information reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, as applicable to foreign private issuers. As a foreign private issuer, we are exempt from the rules under the Exchange Act prescribing certain disclosure and procedural requirements for proxy solicitations. We file with the SEC an Annual Report on Form 20-F containing financial statements audited by an independent registered public accounting firm. We also file Reports on Form 6-K containing unaudited interim financial information for the first three quarters of each fiscal year.

The SEC maintains an Internet site that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC. You can review our SEC filings, including the registration statement, by accessing the SEC’s Internet site at www.sec.gov. We will provide each person, including any beneficial owner, to whom a prospectus is delivered a copy of any or all of the information that has been incorporated by reference into this prospectus but not delivered with this prospectus upon written or oral request at no cost to the requester. Requests should be directed to: AerCap Holdings N.V., AerCap House, 65 St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin D02 YX20, Ireland or by telephoning us at +353 1 819 2010. Our website is located at www.aercap.com. The reference to the website is an inactive textual reference only and the information contained on, or accessible through, our website is not a part of this prospectus.

 

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INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

The following documents filed with or furnished to the SEC are incorporated herein by reference:

 

   

AerCap’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2018, as filed with the SEC on March 8, 2019;

 

   

AerCap’s Reports on Form 6-K, furnished to the SEC on January 9, 2019, January  16, 2019, March 27, 2019, April  4, 2019, May 1, 2019, June  12, 2019, July  30, 2019 (as amended by AerCap’s Report on Form 6-K/A, furnished to the SEC on September, 20, 2019), August 7, 2019 and August 14, 2019.

All documents subsequently filed by us with the SEC pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and, solely to the extent designated therein, reports made on Form 6-K that we furnish to the SEC, after the date of this prospectus until the offering of the debt securities terminates, shall be incorporated by reference in this prospectus and to be a part hereof from the date of filing or furnishing of such documents. Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this prospectus.

 

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USE OF PROCEEDS

Unless the prospectus supplement states otherwise, we intend to use the proceeds from the sale of the debt securities for general corporate purposes, including to acquire, invest in, finance or refinance aircraft assets and to repay indebtedness.

 

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DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES AND GUARANTEES

The debt securities covered by this prospectus may be issued under one or more indentures. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, the trustee under the applicable indenture will be Wilmington Trust, National Association. The particular terms of the debt securities offered and their guarantees, if any, will be outlined in a prospectus supplement. The discussion of such terms in the prospectus supplement is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, reference to all provisions in the applicable indenture and any applicable supplemental indenture.

As noted above, the debt securities may be guaranteed by one or more of AerCap’s subsidiaries if so provided in the applicable prospectus supplement. The prospectus supplement will describe the terms of any guarantees, including, among other things, the ranking of the guarantee, the method for determining the identity of the guarantors and the conditions under which guarantees will be added or released. Any guarantees will be joint and several obligations of the guarantors.

 

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CERTAIN IRISH, DUTCH AND U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES

The material Irish, Dutch and U.S. federal income tax consequences relating to the purchase and ownership of the debt securities offered by this prospectus will be set forth in a prospectus supplement.

 

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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

We may sell the debt securities offered by this prospectus:

 

   

through underwriters;

 

   

through dealers;

 

   

through agents; or

 

   

directly to other purchasers.

The prospectus supplement relating to any offering will identify or describe:

 

   

any underwriters, dealers or agents;

 

   

the compensation of any underwriters, dealers or agents;

 

   

the net proceeds to us;

 

   

the purchase price of the debt securities;

 

   

the initial public offering price of the debt securities; and

 

   

any exchange on which the debt securities will be listed.

Underwriters

If we use underwriters in the sale, they will acquire the debt securities for their own account and may resell the debt securities from time to time in one or more transactions, including negotiated transactions, at a fixed public offering price or at varying prices determined at the time of sale. Unless we otherwise state in the prospectus supplement, various conditions to the underwriters’ obligation to purchase the debt securities apply, and the underwriters will be obligated to purchase all of the debt securities contemplated in an offering if they purchase any of the debt securities. Any initial public offering price and any discounts or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to dealers may be changed from time to time.

Dealers

If we use dealers in the sale, unless we otherwise indicate in the prospectus supplement, we will sell debt securities to the dealers as principals. The dealers may then resell the debt securities to the public at varying prices that the dealers may determine at the time of resale.

Agents and direct sales

We may sell debt securities directly or through agents that we designate, at a fixed price or prices which may be changed, or at varying prices determined at the time of sale. Any such agent may be deemed to be an underwriter as that term is defined in the Securities Act. The prospectus supplement will name any agent involved in the offering and sale and will state any commissions we will pay to that agent. Unless we indicate otherwise in the prospectus supplement, any agent is acting on a best efforts basis for the period of its appointment.

Contracts with institutional investors and delayed delivery

If we indicate in the prospectus supplement, we will authorize underwriters, dealers or agents to solicit offers from various institutional investors to purchase debt securities from it pursuant to contracts providing for payment and delivery on a future date that the prospectus supplement specifies. The underwriters, dealers or

 

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agents may impose limitations on the minimum amount that the institutional investor can purchase. They may also impose limitations on the portion of the aggregate amount of the debt securities that they may sell. These institutional investors include:

 

   

commercial and savings banks;

 

   

insurance companies;

 

   

pension funds;

 

   

investment companies;

 

   

educational and charitable institutions; and

 

   

other similar institutions as we may approve.

The obligations of any of these purchasers pursuant to delayed delivery and payment arrangements will not be subject to any conditions. However, one exception applies. An institution’s purchase of the particular debt securities cannot at the time of delivery be prohibited under the laws of any jurisdiction that governs the validity of the arrangements or the performance by us or the institutional investor.

Indemnification

Agreements that we enter into with underwriters, dealers or agents may entitle them to indemnification by us against various civil liabilities. These include liabilities under the Securities Act. The agreements may also entitle them to contribution for payments that they may be required to make as a result of these liabilities. Underwriters, dealers and agents may be customers of, engage in transactions with, or perform services for, us in the ordinary course of business.

Market making

Unless otherwise noted in the applicable prospectus supplement, each series of debt securities will be a new issue of debt securities without an established trading market. Various broker-dealers may make a market in the debt securities, but will have no obligation to do so, and may discontinue any market making at any time without notice. Consequently, it may be the case that no broker-dealer will make a market in debt securities of any series or that the liquidity of the trading market for the debt securities will be limited.

Expenses

The expenses of any offering of debt securities will be detailed in the relevant prospectus supplement.

 

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ENFORCEMENT OF CIVIL LIABILITY JUDGMENTS UNDER IRISH LAW

As the United States is not a party to a convention with Ireland in respect of the enforcement of judgments, common law rules apply in order to determine whether a judgment of the courts of the United States is enforceable in Ireland. A judgment of a court of the United States will be enforced by the courts in Ireland if the following general requirements are met:

 

  (i)

The United States court must have jurisdiction under Irish conflict of law rules. If the Irish courts determine that the jurisdiction of the United States court is not acceptable, then the judgment cannot be enforced or recognized in Ireland.

 

  (ii)

The judgment must be final and conclusive and the decree must be final and unalterable in the court that produces it. The enforcement of a judgment under appeal in the United States will normally be stayed in Ireland pending the outcome of the appeal.

 

  (iii)

When enforcing an in personam judgment (action against a specific person as opposed to a judgment specific to an asset), the amount in question must be a definite sum of money.

 

  (iv)

Once the United States court is shown to have jurisdiction, the Irish courts will not examine the merits of the judgment obtained in the United States.

 

  (v)

Enforcement proceedings should be instituted in Ireland within six years of the date of judgment.

 

  (vi)

The procedural rules of the United States court must have been observed.

 

  (vii)

There is a practical benefit to the party in whose favor the judgment of the United States court is made in seeking to have that judgment enforced in Ireland.

There are a number of possible defenses to an application to enforce a judgment of the courts of the United States in Ireland, including the following:

 

  (i)

A judgment obtained by fraud or trick will not be enforceable.

 

  (ii)

A judgment in breach of natural or constitutional justice under Irish law will not be enforceable. This would include a failure to notify the other party of the hearing or to give the other party a fair hearing.

 

  (iii)

A judgment contrary to Irish public policy is not enforceable. This would include, for example, among other things (i) a judgment obtained on foot of a contract recognized as illegal in Ireland such as a contract in restraint of trade or (ii) a judgment granted on foot of foreign penal or revenue (tax) laws or expropriatory laws (the latter of which would include certain laws permitting the requisitioning or confiscation of property).

 

  (iv)

A judgment which is inconsistent with a prior judgment of an Irish court on the same matter is not enforceable.

 

  (v)

Jurisdiction cannot be obtained by the Irish courts over judgment debtors in enforcement proceedings by personal service in Ireland or outside Ireland under Order 11 of the Rules of the Superior Courts.

 

  (vi)

A judgment will not be enforced where such judgment is shown to be erroneous by a party to the enforcement proceedings in Ireland by such party adducing new evidence which could not have been discovered using reasonable diligence prior to obtaining the judgment in the United States.

 

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ENFORCEMENT OF CIVIL LIABILITY JUDGMENTS UNDER DUTCH LAW

We are advised that there is no enforcement treaty between the Netherlands and the United States providing for reciprocal recognition and enforcement of judgments, other than arbitration awards, in civil and commercial matters. Therefore, a judgment rendered by any federal or state court in the United States in such matters cannot automatically be enforced in the Netherlands. An application will have to be made to the competent Dutch court in order to obtain a judgment that can be enforced in the Netherlands. The Dutch courts can in principle be expected to give conclusive effect to a final and enforceable judgment of a competent United States court in respect of the contractual obligations under the relevant document without re-examination or re-litigation, but would require (i) that the relevant court in the United States had jurisdiction in the matter in accordance with standards that are generally accepted internationally, (ii) the proceedings before such court to have complied with principles of proper procedure (behoorlijke rechtspleging), (iii) such judgment not being contrary to the public policy (openbare orde) of the Netherlands or the European Union, (iv) that recognition and/or enforcement of the judgment is not irreconcilable with a decision of a Dutch court rendered between the same parties or with an earlier decision of a foreign court rendered between the same parties in a dispute that is about the same subject matter and that is based on the same cause, provided that such earlier decision can be recognized in the Netherlands and (v) the judgment is—according to the law of its country of origin—formally capable of being enforced (e.g. is readily enforceable, has not been annulled in appeal or its enforceability has not been subject to a certain time frame), but the court will in either case have discretion to attach such weight to the judgment of any federal or state court in the United States as it deems appropriate and may re-examine or re-litigate the substantive matters adjudicated upon. Furthermore, a Dutch court may reduce the amount of damages granted by a federal or state court in the United States and recognize damages only to the extent that they are necessary to compensate actual losses or damages.

Dutch civil procedure differs substantially from U.S. civil procedure in a number of respects. Insofar as the production of evidence is concerned, U.S. law and the laws of several other jurisdictions based on common law provide for pre-trial discovery, a process by which parties to the proceedings may prior to trial compel the production of documents by adverse or third parties and the deposition of witnesses. Evidence obtained in this manner may be decisive in the outcome of any proceeding. No such pre-trial discovery process exists under Dutch law. In addition, it is doubtful whether a Dutch court would accept jurisdiction and impose civil or other liability in an original action commenced in the Netherlands and predicated solely upon United States federal securities laws.

 

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LEGAL MATTERS

The validity of the debt securities will be passed upon for us by Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, New York (with respect to New York and United States federal law), NautaDutilh N.V., Amsterdam, the Netherlands (with respect to Dutch law), McCann FitzGerald, Dublin, Ireland (with respect to Irish law), Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP (with respect to Delaware law) and Buchalter, a Professional Corporation, Los Angeles, California (with respect to California law).

EXPERTS

The consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2018 and for the year ended December 31, 2018 and management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting (which is included in Management’s annual report on internal control over financial reporting) as of December 31, 2018 incorporated in this prospectus by reference to the Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2018 have been so incorporated in reliance on the report of PricewaterhouseCoopers, an independent registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of said firm, as experts in auditing and accounting.

The consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2017 and for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2017 incorporated in this prospectus by reference to the Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2018 have been so incorporated in reliance on the report of PricewaterhouseCoopers Accountants N.V., an independent registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of said firm, as experts in auditing and accounting.

 

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DISCLOSURE OF SEC POSITION ON INDEMNIFICATION FOR SECURITIES ACT LIABILITIES

Under Dutch law, AerCap is permitted to purchase directors’ and officers’ insurance. AerCap carries such insurance. In addition, the articles of association of AerCap include indemnification of its directors and officers against liabilities, including judgments, fines and penalties, as well as against associated reasonable legal expenses and settlement payments, to the extent this is allowed under Dutch law. To be entitled to indemnification, these persons must not have engaged in an act or omission of willful misconduct or bad faith. Insofar as such indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, AerCap has been informed that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.

 

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AerCap Holdings N.V.

 

 

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PROSPECTUS

 

 

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PART II—INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

ITEM 8. Indemnification of Officers and Directors

Insurance

AerCap has a directors and officers liability insurance policy that, subject to policy terms and limitations, includes coverage to reimburse directors and officers of AerCap and its subsidiaries for the costs of defense, settlement or payment of claims and judgments under certain circumstances.

Indemnification

The provisions of Dutch law governing the liability of the members of AerCap’s board of directors are mandatory in nature. Although Dutch law does not provide for any provisions with respect to the indemnification of officers and directors, the concept of indemnification of directors of a company for liabilities arising from their actions as members of the executive or supervisory boards is, in principle, accepted in the Netherlands.

AerCap Holdings N.V.

The current articles of association of AerCap Holdings N.V. provide for indemnification of the directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by Dutch law. The indemnification protects the directors and officers against liabilities, expenses and amounts paid in settlement relating to claims, actions, suits or proceedings to which a director and/or officer becomes a party as a result of his or her position.

Article 18 of the articles of association of AerCap Holdings N.V.—translated into the English language, which is not the authentic language of the articles of association—provides that:

INDEMNIFICATION

Article 18

18.1 Subject to the limitations included in this article, every person or legal entity who is, or has been, a director, proxy-holder, staff member or officer (specifically including the Chief Financial Officer and the Chief Legal Officer as from time to time designated by the Board of Directors), who is made, or threatened to be made, a party to any claim, action, suit or proceeding in which he/she or it becomes involved as a party or otherwise by virtue of his/her or its being, or having been, a director, proxy-holder, staff member or officer of the Company, shall be indemnified by the Company, to the fullest extent permitted under the laws of the Netherlands, concerning (A) any and all liabilities imposed on him/her or on it, including judgements, fines and penalties, (B) any and all expenses, including costs and attorneys’ fees, reasonably incurred or paid by him/her or by it, and (C) any and all amounts paid in settlement by him/her or by it, in connection with any such claim, action, suit or other proceeding.

18.2 A director, proxy-holder, staff member or officer shall, however, have no right to be indemnified against any liability in any matter if it shall have been finally determined that such liability resulted from the intent, wilful recklessness or serious culpability of such person or legal entity.

18.3 Furthermore, a director, proxy-holder, staff member or officer shall have no right to be indemnified against any liability in any matter if it shall have been finally determined that such person or legal entity did not act in good faith and in the reasonable belief that his or its action was in the best interest of the Company.

18.4 In the event of a settlement, a director, proxy-holder, staff member or officer shall not lose his/her or its right to be indemnified unless there has been a determination that such person or legal entity engaged in intent, wilful recklessness or serious culpability in the conduct of his or its office or did not act in good faith and in the reasonable belief that his/her or its action was in the best interest of the Company:

 

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by a resolution duly adopted by the general meeting of shareholders; or

 

  (iii)

by written opinion of independent counsel to be appointed by the Board of Directors.

18.5 The right to indemnification herein provided (i) may be insured against by policies maintained by the Company, (ii) shall be severable, (iii) shall not affect any other rights to which any director, proxy-holder, staff member or officer may now or hereafter be entitled, (iv) shall continue as to a person or legal entity who has ceased to be a director, proxy-holder, staff member or officer, and (v) shall also inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, administrators or successors of such person or legal entity.

18.6 Nothing included herein shall affect any right to indemnification to which persons or legal entities other than a director, proxy-holder, staff member or officer may be entitled by contract or otherwise.

18.7 Subject to such procedures as may be determined by the Board of Directors, expenses in connection with the preparation and presentation of a defence to any claim, action, suit or proceeding of the character described in this article 18 may be advanced to the director, proxy-holder, staff member or officer by the Company prior to final disposition thereof upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director, proxy-holder, staff member or officer to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that he or it is not entitled to indemnification under this article 18.

AerCap Aviation Solutions B.V.

The current articles of association of AerCap Aviation Solutions B.V. do not provide for indemnification of members of its board of directors and/or representatives (“procuratiehouders”).

However, AerCap Aviation Solutions B.V. has the option to include an indemnity to the members of the AerCap Aviation Solutions B.V. board of directors and/or representatives in specific contracts between AerCap Aviation Solutions B.V. and individual managing directors and/or representatives.

AerCap Global Aviation Trust

The trust agreement relating to AerCap Global Aviation Trust provides for the indemnification of its trustees, officers and committee members to the fullest extent permitted by law. The indemnification protects the trustees, officers and committee members against liabilities that arise by virtue of their holding such position, including against all losses and liabilities in connection with any settlement, proceeding or claim arising in connection with the conduct of the affairs of AerCap Global Aviation Trust.

Section 19 of the trust agreement of AerCap Global Aviation Trust provides that:

19.    Standard of Care; Indemnification of Trustees, Officers, and Agents

 

  (a)

To the fullest extent permitted by law, no Trustee, officer or member of a committee established pursuant to Section 9(h) of this Agreement shall have any personal liability whatsoever to the Trust or any Beneficial Owner on account of such Trustee’s, officer’s or committee member’s status as a Trustee, officer or committee member or by reason of such Trustee’s, officer’s or committee member’s acts or omissions in connection with the conduct of the business of the Trust; provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall protect any Trustee, officer or committee member against any liability to the Trust or the Beneficial Owners to which such Trustee, officer or committee member would otherwise be subject by reason of any act or omission of such Trustee, officer or committee member that involves willful misconduct or bad faith.

 

  (b)

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  affiliates (each an “Indemnified Person”) against any and all losses, claims, damages, expenses and liabilities (including, but not limited to, any investigation, legal and other reasonable expenses incurred in connection with, and any amounts paid in settlement of, any action, suit, proceeding or claim) of any kind or nature whatsoever that such Indemnified Person may at any time become subject to or liable for by reason of the formation, operation or termination of the Trust, or the Indemnified Person’s acting as a Delaware Trustee, officer or committee member under this Agreement, or the authorized actions of such Indemnified Person in connection with the conduct of the affairs of the Trust; provided, however, that no Indemnified Person shall be entitled to indemnification if and to the extent that the liability otherwise to be indemnified for results from any act or omission of such Indemnified Person that involves willful misconduct or bad faith. The indemnities provided hereunder shall survive termination of the Trust and this Agreement. Each Indemnified Person shall have a claim against the property and assets of the Trust for payment of any indemnity amounts from time to time due hereunder; provided, however, that an Indemnified Person shall first look to the assets of the Series which relate to the liability which is the subject of the Trust’s indemnification obligations hereunder. Costs and expenses that are subject to indemnification hereunder shall, at the request of any Indemnified Person, be advanced by the Trust to or on behalf of such Indemnified Person prior to final resolution of a matter, so long as such Indemnified Person shall have provided the Trust with a written undertaking to reimburse the Trust for all amounts so advanced if it is ultimately determined that the Indemnified Person is not entitled to indemnification hereunder. The Regular Trustee shall allocate the cost of indemnification between or among any one or more of the Series in such manner and on such basis as the Regular Trustee, in its sole discretion, deems fair and equitable, taking into account the nature of the claims involved. Each such allocation shall be conclusive and binding upon the Beneficial Owners for all purposes.

 

  (c)

The contract rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses conferred in this Section 19 shall not be exclusive of any other right that any Person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, agreement, vote of the Beneficial Owners or otherwise.

 

  (d)

The Trust may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any Beneficial Owner, Trustee, officer or agent of the Trust or another statutory trust, limited liability company, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not the Trust would have the power to indemnify such Person against such expense, liability or loss under the Delaware Act.

 

  (e)

The Trust may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Regular Trustee, grant rights to indemnification and to advancement of expenses to any agent of the Trust to the fullest extent of the provisions of this Section 19 with respect to the indemnification and advancement of expenses of the Indemnified Persons.

 

  (f)

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 19, the Trust shall indemnify an Indemnified Person in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such Indemnified Person only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Regular Trustee; provided, however, that an Indemnified Person shall be entitled to reimbursement of his or her reasonable counsel fees with respect to a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such Indemnified Person to enforce his or her right to indemnity or advancement of expenses under the provisions of this Section 19 to the extent the Indemnified Person is successful on the merits in such proceeding (or part thereof).

AerCap Ireland Capital Designated Activity Company

The current constitution of AerCap Ireland Capital Designated Activity Company provides for the indemnification of all of its directors, managing directors, agents, auditors, secretaries and other officers, to the fullest extent permitted by Irish law, out of its assets for all liabilities in connection with carrying out his or her duties or any liability incurred in defending any proceedings where judgment was returned in his or her favor.

 

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Article 39 of the constitution of AerCap Ireland Capital Designated Activity Company provides that:

INDEMNITY

39.    Every director, managing director, agent, auditor, secretary or other officer of the Company shall be entitled to be indemnified out of the assets of the Company against all losses or liabilities which he or she may sustain or incur in or about the execution of the duties of his or her office or otherwise in relation thereto, including any liability incurred by the officer in defending any proceedings, whether civil or criminal, in which judgment is given in his or her favour or in which the officer is acquitted or in connection with any application under sections 233 or 234 in which relief is granted to him or her by the Court, and no director or other officer shall be liable for any loss, damage or misfortune which may happen to or be incurred by the Company in the execution of the duties of his or her office or in relation thereto. This regulation shall only have effect in so far as its provisions are not avoided by section 235.

AerCap Ireland Limited

The current constitution of AerCap Ireland Limited provides for the indemnification of all of its directors and other officers and its auditors, to the fullest extent permitted by Irish law, out of its assets for all liabilities incurred in the execution or discharge of their duties or the exercise of their powers or otherwise in relation to or in connection with their duties, powers or office including any liability incurred by him or her in defending any proceedings, whether civil or criminal, in which judgment is given in their favor or in which they are acquitted or which are otherwise disposed of without any finding or admission of guilt or breach of duty on their part.

Article 137 of the constitution of AerCap Ireland Limited provides that:

137 Indemnity

Subject to the provisions of and so far as may be permitted by the Acts, but without prejudice to any indemnity to which he or they may otherwise be entitled, every Director and other officer of the Company and the Auditors shall be indemnified out of the assets of the Company against any liability, loss or expenditure incurred by him or them in the execution or discharge of his or their duties or the exercise of his or their powers or otherwise in relation to or in connection with his or their duties, powers or office including (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) any liability incurred by him or them in defending any proceedings, whether civil or criminal, which relate to anything done or omitted to be done or alleged to have been done or omitted to be done by him or them as officers or employees of the Company and in which judgment is given in his or their favour or in which he or they are acquitted or which are otherwise disposed of without any finding or admission of guilt or breach of duty on his or their part, or incurred by him or them in connection with any application under any statute for relief from liability in respect of any such act or omission in which relief is granted to him or them by the Court. To the extent permitted by law and by the Company in general meeting, the Directors may arrange insurance cover at the cost of the Company in respect of any liability, loss or expenditure incurred by any Director, officer or the Auditors in relation to anything done or alleged to have been done or omitted to be done by him or them as Director, officer or Auditors.

AerCap U.S. Global Aviation LLC

The limited liability company agreement relating to AerCap U.S. Global Aviation LLC provides for the indemnification of its directors and officers and their affiliates to the fullest extent permitted by law. The indemnification protects the directors and officers and their affiliates against liabilities that arise by virtue of their holding such position, including against all losses and liabilities in connection with any settlement, proceeding or claim arising in connection with the conduct of the affairs of AerCap U.S. Global Aviation LLC.

Section 18 of the limited liability company agreement of AerCap U.S. Global Aviation LLC provides that:

 

  18.    Standard

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  (a)

No Director or officer shall have any personal liability whatsoever to the Company or any Shareholder on account of such Director’s or officer’s status as a Director or officer or by reason of such Director’s or officer’s acts or omissions in connection with the conduct of the business of the Company; provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall protect any Director or officer against any liability to the Company or the Shareholders to which such Director or officer would otherwise be subject by reason of any act or omission of such Director that involves fraud or willful misconduct.

 

  (b)

The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each Director and officer and the affiliates of any Director or officer (each an “Indemnified Person”) against any and all losses, claims, damages, expenses and liabilities (including, but not limited to, any investigation, legal and other reasonable expenses incurred in connection with, and any amounts paid in settlement of, any action, suit, proceeding or claim) of any kind or nature whatsoever that such Indemnified Person may at any time become subject to or liable for by reason of the formation, operation or termination of the Company, or the Indemnified Person’s acting as a Director or officer under this Agreement, or the authorized actions of such Indemnified Person in connection with the conduct of the affairs of the Company (including, without limitation, indemnification against negligence, gross negligence or breach of duty); provided, however, that no Indemnified Person shall be entitled to indemnification if and to the extent that the liability otherwise to be indemnified for results from any act or omission of such Indemnified Person that involves fraud or willful misconduct. The indemnities provided hereunder shall survive termination of the Company and this Agreement. Each Indemnified Person shall have a claim against the property and assets of the Company for payment of any indemnity amounts from time to time due hereunder, which amounts shall be paid or properly reserved for prior to the making of distributions by the Company to Shareholders. Costs and expenses that are subject to indemnification hereunder shall, at the request of any Indemnified Person, be advanced by the Company to or on behalf of such Indemnified Person prior to final resolution of a matter, so long as such Indemnified Person shall have provided the Company with a written undertaking to reimburse the Company for all amounts so advanced if it is ultimately determined that the Indemnified Person is not entitled to indemnification hereunder.

 

  (c)

The contract rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses conferred in this Section 18 shall not be exclusive of any other right that any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, agreement, vote of the Shareholders or otherwise.

 

  (d)

The Company may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any Shareholder, Director, officer, employee or agent of the Company or another limited liability company, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the Delaware Act.

 

  (e)

The Company may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Directors, grant rights to indemnification and to advancement of expenses to any employee or agent of the Company to the fullest extent of the provisions of this Section 18 with respect to the indemnification and advancement of expenses of the Directors of the Company.

 

  (f)

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 18, the Company shall indemnify an Indemnified Person in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such Indemnified Person only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Directors; provided, however, that an Indemnified Person shall be entitled to reimbursement of his or her reasonable counsel fees with respect to a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such Indemnified Person to enforce his or her right to indemnity or advancement of expenses under the provisions of this Section 18 to the extent the Indemnified Person is successful on the merits in such proceeding (or part thereof).

 

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International Lease Finance Corporation

The by-laws of International Lease Finance Corporation provide for the indemnification of its directors, officers and employees to the fullest extent permitted by law. The indemnification protects the directors, officers and employees against liabilities that arise by virtue of their holding such position, including against all losses and liabilities in connection with any settlement, proceeding or claim arising in connection with the conduct of the affairs of International Lease Finance Corporation.

Section 7.5 of the bylaws of International Lease Finance Corporation provide that:

Section 7.5    Indemnification of Directors, Officers and Employees

i.    Indemnification—General.

(a)    Except as provided in Section 7.5(iii), the Corporation shall indemnify the Indemnitees to the fullest extent permitted by California law.

(b)    For purposes of this Section 7.5, the term “Indemnitee” shall mean any person made or threatened to be made a party to any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding, whether threatened, pending or completed, by reason of the fact that such person or such person’s testator or intestate is or was a director, officer or employee of the Corporation or serves or served at the request of the Corporation any other enterprise as a director, officer or employee.

(c)    For purposes of this Section 7.5, the term “Corporation” shall include any predecessor of the Corporation and any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed by the Corporation in a consolidation or merger; the term “other enterprise” shall include any corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or employee benefit plan; service “at the request of the Corporation” shall include service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to be an Expense; and action by a person with respect to an employee benefit plan which such person reasonably believes to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of such plan shall be deemed to be action not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation.

ii.    Expenses

(a)    Expenses reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in defending any such action, suit or proceeding, as described in Section 7.5(i) (b), shall be paid or reimbursed by the Corporation promptly upon receipt by it of an undertaking of Indemnitee to repay such expenses if it shall ultimately be determined that he or she is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation.

(b)    For the purposes of this Section 7.5, the term “Expenses” shall include all reasonable out of pocket fees, costs and expenses, including without limitation, attorneys’ fees, retainers, court costs, transcript costs, fees of experts, witness fees, travel expenses, duplicating costs, printing and binding costs, telephone charges, postage, delivery service fees, and all other disbursements or expenses of the types customarily incurred in connection with defending, preparing to defend, or investigating an action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative but shall exclude the costs of acquiring and maintaining an appeal or supersedeas bond or similar instrument. For the avoidance of doubt, “Expenses” shall not include (x) any amounts incurred in an action, suit or proceeding in which Indemnitee is a plaintiff and (y) any amounts incurred in connection with any non-compulsory counterclaim brought by the Indemnitee.

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(b) violations of Federal or state insider trading laws, unless, in the case of this clause (b), Indemnitee has been successful on the merits or settled the case with both court approval and the written consent of the Corporation, in which case the Corporation shall indemnify and reimburse Indemnitee.

iv.    Standard of Conduct. No claim for indemnification shall be paid by the Corporation unless the Corporation has determined that Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interest of the Corporation and, in an action by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor, its shareholders, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful. Such determinations shall be made by (a) a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who are not parties to the action, suit or proceeding for which indemnification is sought, or (b) if such a quorum of directors is not obtainable, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (c) by approval of a majority of the shareholders, or (d) the court in which the proceeding is or was pending.

v.    Period of Indemnity. No claim for indemnification or the reimbursement of Expenses shall be made by Indemnitee or paid by the Corporation unless the Indemnitee gives notice of such claim for indemnification within one year after the Indemnitee received notice of the claim, action, suit or proceeding.

vi.    Confidentiality. Except as required by law or as otherwise becomes public through no action by the Indemnitee or as necessary to assert Indemnitee’s rights under this Section 7.5, Indemnitee will keep confidential any information that arises in connection with this Section 7.5, including but not limited to, claims for indemnification or reimbursement of Expenses, amounts paid or payable under this Section 7.5 and any communications between the parties.

vii.    Subrogation. In the event of payment under this Section 7.5, the Corporation shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee (under any insurance policy or otherwise), who shall execute all papers required and shall do everything necessary to secure such rights, including the execution of such documents necessary to enable the Corporation to effectively bring suit to enforce such rights.

viii.    Notice by Indemnitee. Indemnitee shall promptly notify the Corporation in writing upon being served with any summons, citation, subpoena, complaint, indictment, information or other document relating to any matter which may be subject to indemnification or reimbursement of Expenses covered by this Section 7.5. As a condition to indemnification or reimbursement of expenses, any demand for payment by Indemnitee hereunder shall be in writing and shall provide an accounting of the amounts to be paid by Corporation (which shall include detailed invoices and other relevant documentation).

ix.    Venue. Any action, suit or proceeding regarding indemnification or advancement or reimbursement of Expenses arising out of the by-laws or otherwise shall only be brought and heard in a California state court.

x.    Amendment. No amendment of this Section 7.5 shall eliminate or impair the rights of any Indemnitee arising at any time with respect to an act or omission that is the subject of the civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding for which indemnification or advancement of expenses is sought and occurs prior to such amendment.

The indemnification provisions described above are not exclusive of any rights to which any of the indemnitees of AerCap Holdings N.V., AerCap Aviation Solutions B.V., AerCap Global Aviation Trust, AerCap Ireland Capital Designated Activity Company, AerCap Ireland Limited, AerCap U.S. Global Aviation LLC or International Lease Finance Corporation may be entitled. The general effect of the foregoing provisions may be to reduce the circumstances in which such indemnitees may be required to bear the economic burdens of the foregoing liabilities and expenses.

 

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Item 9. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

See Exhibit Index beginning on page 10 of this registration statement.

Item 10. Undertakings

(a)    The undersigned registrants hereby undertake:

(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;

(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of debt securities offered (if the total dollar value of debt securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and

(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;

provided, however, that paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of this registration statement.

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

(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the debt securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

(4) To file a post-effective amendment to the registration statement to include any financial statements required by Item 8.A of Form 20-F at the start of any delayed offering or throughout a continuous offering. Financial statements and information otherwise required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act need not be furnished, provided, that the registrants include in the prospectus, by means of a post-effective amendment, financial statements required pursuant to this paragraph (4) and other information necessary to ensure that all other information in the prospectus is at least as current as the date of those financial statements. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to registration statements on Form F-3, a post-effective amendment need not be filed to include financial statements and information required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Act or Rule 3-19 of Regulation S-K if such financial statements and information are contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.

(5) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act to any purchaser,

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(ii) Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(l)(i), (vii), or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the debt securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such debt securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date;

(6) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrants under the Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the debt securities, the undersigned registrants undertake that in a primary offering of debt securities of the undersigned registrants pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the debt securities to the purchaser, if the debt securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrants will be sellers to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such debt securities to such purchaser: (i) any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrants relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424; (ii) any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrants or used or referred to by the undersigned registrants; (iii) the portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrants or their debt securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrants; and (iv) any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrants to the purchaser.

(b)    The undersigned registrants hereby undertake that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrants’ annual reports pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the debt securities offered therein, and the offering of such debt securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(c)    Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to our directors, officers and controlling persons pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, we have been advised that in the opinion of the SEC 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 us of expenses incurred or paid by one of our directors, officers or controlling persons in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the debt securities being registered, we 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.

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description of Exhibit

  1.1    Form of Underwriting Agreement(1)
  4.1    Indenture, dated as of October 1, 2019, among AerCap Holdings N.V., the guarantors party thereto and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee.
  4.2    Form of Supplemental Indenture(1)
  4.3    Form of Debt Securities(1)
  5.1    Opinion of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
  5.2    Opinion of NautaDutilh N.V.
  5.3    Opinion of McCann FitzGerald Solicitors
  5.4    Opinion of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP
  5.5    Opinion of Buchalter, a Professional Corporation
21.1    List of Subsidiaries of AerCap Holdings N.V. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 8.1 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2018)
23.1    Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers
23.2    Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers Accountants N.V.
23.3    Consent of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.4    Consent of NautaDutilh N.V. (included in Exhibit 5.2)
23.5    Consent of McCann FitzGerald Solicitors (included in Exhibit 5.3)
23.6    Consent of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP (included in Exhibit 5.4)
23.7    Consent of Buchalter, a Professional Corporation (included in Exhibit 5.5)
24.1    Powers of Attorney relating to AerCap Holdings N.V. (included on the signature pages hereto)
25.1    Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 of Wilmington Trust, National Association

 

(1)

To be filed by amendment or to be incorporated by reference to a report filed hereafter in connection with or prior to an offering of debt securities.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the undersigned co-registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form F-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Dublin, Ireland, on October 1, 2019.

 

AERCAP HOLDINGS N.V.
By:  

/s/ Aengus Kelly

  Name:  Aengus Kelly
  Title:    Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

We, the undersigned officers and directors of AerCap Holdings N.V., hereby severally constitute and appoint Aengus Kelly our true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution, for them, together or individually, in any and all capacities, to sign for us and in our names, this Registration Statement on Form F-3 filed with the SEC, and any and all amendments to said registration statement (including post-effective amendments), and to file or cause to be filed the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, granting unto said attorney full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney, or his substitute, shall do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/ Pieter Korteweg

   Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors   October 1, 2019
Pieter Korteweg     

/s/ Aengus Kelly

   Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer   October 1, 2019
Aengus Kelly     

/s/ Salem Al Noaimi

   Non-Executive Director   October 1, 2019
Salem Al Noaimi     

/s/ Homaid Al Shimmari

   Non-Executive Director   October 1, 2019
Homaid Al Shimmari     

/s/ Julian (Brad) Branch

   Non-Executive Director   October 1, 2019
Julian (Brad) Branch     

/s/ Stacey Cartwright

   Non-Executive Director   October 1, 2019
Stacey Cartwright     

/s/ Paul Dacier

   Non-Executive Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors   October 1, 2019
Paul Dacier     

 

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Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/ Rita Forst

   Non-Executive Director   October 1, 2019
Rita Forst     

/s/ Richard (Michael) Gradon

   Non-Executive Director   October 1, 2019
Richard (Michael) Gradon     

/s/ James (Jim) Lawrence

   Non-Executive Director   October 1, 2019
James (Jim) Lawrence     

/s/ Michael Walsh

   Non-Executive Director   October 1, 2019
Michael Walsh     

/s/ Robert (Bob) Warden

   Non-Executive Director   October 1, 2019
Robert (Bob) Warden     

/s/ Peter Juhas

   Chief Financial Officer   October 1, 2019
Peter Juhas     

/s/ Richard Maasland

   Chief Accounting Officer   October 1, 2019
Richard Maasland     

/s/ Donald Puglisi

   Authorized Representative in the United States   October 1, 2019
Donald Puglisi     

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the undersigned co-registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form F-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, on October 1, 2019.

 

AERCAP AVIATION SOLUTIONS B.V.
By:  

/s/ Johan-Willem Dekkers

  Name:  AerCap Group Services B.V.
  Title:    Director
  By:       Johan-Willem Dekkers
  Title:    Director of AerCap Group Services B.V.

POWER OF ATTORNEY

We, the undersigned officers and directors of AerCap Aviation Solutions B.V., hereby severally constitute and appoint Johan-Willem Dekkers our true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution, in any and all capacities, to sign for us and in our names, this Registration Statement on Form F-3 filed with the SEC, and any and all amendments to said registration statement (including post-effective amendments), and to file or cause to be filed the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, granting unto said attorney full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney, or his substitute, shall do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/ Johan-Willem Dekkers

   Director of AerCap Group Services B.V., in turn the sole director of AerCap Aviation Solutions B.V.   October 1, 2019
Johan-Willem Dekkers    

/s/ Richard Maasland

   Director of AerCap Group Services B.V., in turn the sole director of AerCap Aviation Solutions B.V.   October 1, 2019
Richard Maasland    

/s/ Donald Puglisi

   Authorized Representative in the United States   October 1, 2019
Donald Puglisi         

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the undersigned co-registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form F-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Shannon, Co. Clare, Ireland, on October 1, 2019.

 

AERCAP GLOBAL AVIATION TRUST
By:   AERCAP IRELAND CAPITAL DESIGNATED ACTIVITY COMPANY, as Regular Trustee
 

/s/ Thomas Kelly

  Name:  Thomas Kelly
  Title:    Director
By:  

/s/ Thomas Kelly

  Name:  Thomas Kelly
  Title:    Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

We, the undersigned officers of AerCap Global Aviation Trust, hereby severally constitute and appoint Thomas Kelly our true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution, in any and all capacities, to sign for us and in our names, this Registration Statement on Form F-3 filed with the SEC, and any and all amendments to said registration statement (including post-effective amendments), and to file or cause to be filed the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, granting unto said attorney full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney, or his substitute, shall do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/ Thomas Kelly

   Chief Executive Officer   October 1, 2019
Thomas Kelly         

/s/ Stephanie Crean

   Chief Financial Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)   October 1, 2019
Stephanie Crean    

/s/ Donald Puglisi

   Authorized Representative in the United States   October 1, 2019
Donald Puglisi         

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the undersigned co-registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form F-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Shannon, Co. Clare, Ireland, on October 1, 2019.

 

AERCAP IRELAND CAPITAL DESIGNATED ACTIVITY COMPANY
By:  

/s/ Thomas Kelly

  Name:  Thomas Kelly
  Title:    Director

POWER OF ATTORNEY

We, the undersigned officers and directors of AerCap Ireland Capital Designated Activity Company, hereby severally constitute and appoint Thomas Kelly our true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution, in any and all capacities, to sign for us and in our names, this Registration Statement on Form F-3 filed with the SEC, and any and all amendments to said registration statement (including post-effective amendments), and to file or cause to be filed the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney, or his substitute, shall do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/ Thomas Kelly

   Director (Principal Executive Officer, Principal Financial Officer & Principal Accounting Officer)   October 1, 2019
Thomas Kelly    

/s/ Lourda Moloney

   Director   October 1, 2019
Lourda Moloney         

/s/ Donald Puglisi

   Authorized Representative in the United States   October 1, 2019
Donald Puglisi         

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the undersigned co-registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form F-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Shannon, Co. Clare, Ireland, on October 1, 2019.

 

AERCAP IRELAND LIMITED
By:  

/s/ Thomas Kelly

  Name:  Thomas Kelly
  Title:    Director

POWER OF ATTORNEY

We, the undersigned officers and directors of AerCap Ireland Limited, hereby severally constitute and appoint Thomas Kelly our true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution, in any and all capacities, to sign for us and in our names, this Registration Statement on Form F-3 filed with the SEC, and any and all amendments to said registration statement (including post-effective amendments), and to file or cause to be filed the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, granting unto said attorney full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney, or his substitute, shall do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/ Thomas Kelly

   Director (Principal Executive Officer, Principal Financial Officer & Principal Accounting Officer)   October 1, 2019
Thomas Kelly    

/s/ Lourda Moloney

   Director   October 1, 2019
Lourda Moloney         

/s/ Peter Juhas

   Director   October 1, 2019
Peter Juhas         

/s/ Donald Puglisi

   Authorized Representative in the United States   October 1, 2019
Donald Puglisi         

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the undersigned co-registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form F-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Shannon, Co. Clare, Ireland, on October 1, 2019.

 

AERCAP U.S. GLOBAL AVIATION LLC
By:  

/s/ Thomas Kelly

  Name:  Thomas Kelly
  Title:    Director

POWER OF ATTORNEY

We, the undersigned officers and directors of AerCap U.S. Global Aviation LLC, hereby severally constitute and appoint Thomas Kelly our true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution, in any and all capacities, to sign for us and in our names, this Registration Statement on Form F-3 filed with the SEC, and any and all amendments to said registration statement (including post-effective amendments), and to file or cause to be filed the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, granting unto said attorney full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney, or his substitute, shall do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/ Thomas Kelly

   Director (Principal Executive Officer, Principal Financial Officer & Principal Accounting Officer)   October 1, 2019
Thomas Kelly    

/s/ Lourda Moloney

   Director   October 1, 2019
Lourda Moloney         

/s/ Donald Puglisi

   Authorized Representative in the United States   October 1, 2019
Donald Puglisi         

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the undersigned co-registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form F-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Los Angeles, State of California, on October 1, 2019.

 

INTERNATIONAL LEASE FINANCE CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Bashir Hajjar

  Name:  Bashir Hajjar
  Title:    Director

POWER OF ATTORNEY

We, the undersigned officers and directors of International Lease Finance Corporation, hereby severally constitute and appoint Bashir Hajjar our true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution, in any and all capacities, to sign for us and in our names, this Registration Statement on Form F-3 filed with the SEC, and any and all amendments to said registration statement (including post-effective amendments), and to file or cause to be filed the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, granting unto said attorney full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney, or his substitute, shall do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/ Bashir Hajjar

Bashir Hajjar

   Director (Principal Executive Officer)  

October 1, 2019

    

/s/ Mark McCormick

Mark McCormick

   Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
 

October 1, 2019

    

/s/ Margaret Epstein

Margaret Epstein

   Director  

October 1, 2019

    

/s/ Patrick Ross

Patrick Ross

   Director  

October 1, 2019

    

 

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Exhibit 4.1

 

 

 

AERCAP HOLDINGS N.V.

as Issuer,

 

 

INDENTURE

Dated as of October 1, 2019

 

 

THE GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO

and

WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

as Trustee

 

 

 


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ARTICLE I

 

DEFINITIONS

 

  
SECTION 1.01.        Definitions      1  
SECTION 1.02.        Other Definitions      7  
SECTION 1.03.        Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act      8  
SECTION 1.04.        Rules of Construction      8  

ARTICLE II

 

THE NOTES

 

  
SECTION 2.01.        Issuable in Series      9  
SECTION 2.02.        Establishment of Terms of Series of Notes      9  
SECTION 2.03.        Denominations; Provisions for Payment      12  
SECTION 2.04.        Execution and Authentication      13  
SECTION 2.05.        Registrar and Paying Agent      14  
SECTION 2.06.        Paying Agent To Hold Money in Trust      14  
SECTION 2.07.        Holder Lists      15  
SECTION 2.08.        Transfer and Exchange      15  
SECTION 2.09.        Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Notes      16  
SECTION 2.10.        Treasury Notes      17  
SECTION 2.11.        Temporary Notes      17  
SECTION 2.12.        Cancellation      17  
SECTION 2.13.        Defaulted Interest      17  
SECTION 2.14.        Global Notes      17  
SECTION 2.15.        CUSIP or ISIN Numbers      20  
SECTION 2.16.        Benefits of Indenture      20  

ARTICLE III

 

REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT

 

  
SECTION 3.01.        Notices to Trustee      20  
SECTION 3.02.        Selection of Notes To Be Redeemed      20  


SECTION 3.03.        Notice of Redemption

     21  

SECTION 3.04.        Effect of Notice of Redemption

     22  

SECTION 3.05.        Deposit of Redemption Price

     23  

SECTION 3.06.        Notes Redeemed in Part

     23  

SECTION 3.07.        Optional Redemption

     23  

ARTICLE IV

 

COVENANTS

 

  

SECTION 4.01.        Payment of Notes

     23  

SECTION 4.02.        Reports by the Issuer

     24  

SECTION 4.03.        Compliance Certificate

     24  

SECTION 4.04.        Further Instruments and Acts

     25  

SECTION 4.05.        Corporate Existence

     25  

SECTION 4.06.        Calculation of Original Issue Discount

     25  

SECTION 4.07.        Additional Amounts

     25  

ARTICLE V

 

SUCCESSORS

 

  

SECTION 5.01.        The Issuer

     28  

SECTION 5.02.        Subsidary Guarantors

     29  

ARTICLE VI

 

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

 

  

SECTION 6.01.        Events of Default

     30  

SECTION 6.02.        Acceleration

     31  

SECTION 6.03.        Other Remedies

     32  

SECTION 6.04.        Waiver of Past Defaults

     32  

SECTION 6.05.        Control by Majority

     33  

SECTION 6.06.        Limitation on Suits

     33  

SECTION 6.07.        Rights of Holders to Receive Payment

     34  

SECTION 6.08.        Collection Suit by Trustee

     34  

SECTION 6.09.        Trustee May File Proofs of Claim

     34  

SECTION 6.10.        Priorities

     34  

 

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SECTION 6.11.        Undertaking for Costs      35  
SECTION 6.12.        Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws      35  

ARTICLE VII

 

TRUSTEE

 

  
SECTION 7.01.        Duties of Trustee      35  
SECTION 7.02.        Rights of Trustee      37  
SECTION 7.03.        Individual Rights of Trustee      39  
SECTION 7.04.        Trustee’s Disclaimer      39  
SECTION 7.05.        Notice of Defaults      39  
SECTION 7.06.        Reports by Trustee to Holders      39  
SECTION 7.07.        Compensation and Indemnity      39  
SECTION 7.08.        Replacement of Trustee      40  
SECTION 7.09.        Successor Trustee by Merger      41  
SECTION 7.10.        Eligibility; Disqualification      41  
SECTION 7.11.        Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Issuer and the Guarantors      42  

ARTICLE VIII

 

LEGAL DEFEASANCE, COVENANT DEFEASANCE AND SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

 

  
SECTION 8.01.        Option To Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance      42  
SECTION 8.02.        Legal Defeasance and Discharge      42  
SECTION 8.03.        Covenant Defeasance      43  
SECTION 8.04.        Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance      43  
SECTION 8.05.        Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions      45  
SECTION 8.06.        Repayment to the Issuer      45  
SECTION 8.07.        Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture      46  
SECTION 8.08.        Reinstatement      47  

ARTICLE IX

 

AMENDMENTS

 

  
SECTION 9.01.        Without Consent of Holders      47  

 

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SECTION 9.02.        With Consent of Holders      49  
SECTION 9.03.        Revocation and Effect of Consents and Waivers      50  
SECTION 9.04.        Notation on or Exchange of Notes      50  
SECTION 9.05.        Trustee to Sign Amendments      50  
SECTION 9.06.        Payment for Consent      50  

ARTICLE X

 

GUARANTEES

 

  
SECTION 10.01.        Guarantees      51  
SECTION 10.02.        Limitation on Liability      52  
SECTION 10.03.        Releases      53  
SECTION 10.04.        Successors and Assigns      53  
SECTION 10.05.        No Waiver      54  
SECTION 10.06.        Execution of Supplemental Indenture for Future Guarantors      54  
SECTION 10.07.        Non-Impairment      54  
SECTION 10.08.        Benefits Acknowledged      54  

ARTICLE XI

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

  
SECTION 11.01.        Trust Indenture Act Controls      54  
SECTION 11.02.        Notices      55  
SECTION 11.03.        Communication by Holders with Other Holders      56  
SECTION 11.04.        Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent      56  
SECTION 11.05.        Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion      56  
SECTION 11.06.        Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar      56  
SECTION 11.07.        Legal Holidays      56  
SECTION 11.08.        Governing Law      57  
SECTION 11.09.        Agent for Service of Process      57  
SECTION 11.10.        Waiver of Immunity      57  
SECTION 11.11.        Judgment Currency      57  
SECTION 11.12.        No Recourse Against Others      58  
SECTION 11.13.        Successors      58  
SECTION 11.14.        Multiple Originals; Electronic Signatures      58  
SECTION 11.15.        Waiver of Jury Trial      58  

 

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SECTION 11.16.        Table of Contents; Headings      58  
SECTION 11.17.        Severability      58  
SECTION 11.18.        Submission to Jurisdiction and Venue      58  

EXHIBIT A                 Form of Supplemental Indenture for Additional Guarantors

 

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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE*

 

Trust Indenture

Act Section

   Indenture Section

310(a)(1)

   7.10

      (a)(2)

   7.10

      (a)(3)

   N.A.

      (a)(4)

   N.A.

      (a)(5)

   7.10

      (b)

   7.08, 7.10, 11.02

      (c)

   N.A.

311(a)

   7.11

      (b)

   7.11

312(a)

   2.07

      (b)

   11.03

      (c)

   11.03

313(a)

   7.06

      (b)(1)

   N.A.

      (b)(2)

   7.06

      (c)

   7.06, 11.02

      (d)

   7.06

314(a)

   4.02, 4.03, 11.02

      (b)

   N.A.

      (c)(1)

   7.02, 11.04, 11.05

      (c)(2)

   7.02, 11.04, 11.05

      (c)(3)

   N.A.

      (d)

   N.A.

      (e)

   11.05

      (f)

   N.A.

315(a)

   7.01(b), 7.02(a)

      (b)

   7.05, 11.02

      (c)

   7.01

      (d)

   6.05, 7.01(c)

      (e)

   6.11

316(a) (last sentence)

   2.11

      (a)(1)(A)

   6.05

      (a)(1)(B)

   6.04

      (a)(2)

   N.A.

      (b)

   6.07

      (c)

   9.03

317(a)(1)

   6.08

      (a)(2)

   6.09

      (b)

   2.06

 

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Trust Indenture

Act Section

   Indenture Section

318(a)

   11.01

      (b)

   N.A.

      (c)

   11.01

 

*

N.A. means not applicable.

This Cross-Reference Table is not part of this Indenture.

 

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INDENTURE dated as of October 1, 2019, among AERCAP HOLDINGS N.V., a public limited liability company organized under the laws of the Netherlands (the “Issuer”), each of the Issuer’s subsidiaries signatory hereto or that becomes a Guarantor pursuant to the terms of this Indenture (the “Guarantors”) and WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association organized under the laws of the United States, as trustee (the “Trustee”).

The Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee agree as follows for the benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (the “Notes”):

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

SECTION 1.01.    Definitions. The following terms shall have the following meanings:

Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

Agent” means any Registrar or Paying Agent.

Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors or other relevant law in any jurisdiction for the relief of debtors (including, without limitation, laws of Ireland and the Netherlands) relating to moratorium, bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, winding up, liquidation, examinership or reorganization or any amendment to, succession to or change in any such law.

Board of Directors” means, with respect to the Issuer, either the board of directors of the Issuer or any committee of that board duly authorized to act on behalf of such board, and with respect to any other Person, the board of directors or committee of such Person serving a similar function.

Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Issuer to have been adopted by the Board of Directors or pursuant to authorization by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of the certificate, and delivered to the Trustee.


Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which banking or trust institutions in New York, London or the place of payment are authorized generally or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to remain closed.

Capital Stock” means (a) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock, (b) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock, (c) in the case of a partnership, unlimited liability company or limited liability company, partnership interests, membership interests (whether general or limited) or shares in the capital of the company and (d) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person.

Clearstream” means Clearstream Banking, société anonyme, or any successor thereto.

Company Order” means a written order signed in the name of the Issuer by two Officers of the Issuer.

Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee” shall be the address of the Trustee specified in Section 11.02 or such other address as the Trustee may designate.

Custodian” means Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Custodian with respect to the Notes in global form, or any successor entity thereto.

Default” means any event or condition that is, or after notice or passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default.

Definitive Note” means a certificated Note registered in the name of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with Article II hereof.

Depositary” means, with respect to the Notes issuable or issued in whole or in part in global form, the Person to be named in a Board Resolution, supplemental indenture or Officers’ Certificate as the depositary with respect to the Notes, and any and all successors thereto appointed as depositary hereunder and having become such pursuant to the applicable provision of this Indenture, and, if at any time there is more than one such person, “Depositary” as used with respect to the Notes of any Series shall mean the Depositary with respect to the Notes of such Series.

Dollar” means a dollar or other equivalent unit in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debt.

DTC” means The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York, or its successors.

 

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Euroclear” means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear system, or any successor thereto.

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.

Fitch” means Fitch Ratings, Ltd., a division of Fitch Inc., or any successor ratings agency.

GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States that are in effect from time to time. At any time after the date of this Indenture, the Issuer may elect to apply IFRS accounting principles in lieu of GAAP and, upon any such election, references herein to GAAP shall thereafter be construed to mean IFRS; provided that any calculation or determination herein that requires the application of GAAP for periods that include fiscal quarters ended prior to the Issuer’s election to apply IFRS shall remain as previously calculated or determined in accordance with GAAP. The Issuer shall give notice of any such election made in accordance with this definition to the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes.

Global Note” when used with respect to any Series of Notes issued hereunder, means, individually and collectively, Notes executed by the Issuer and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary or pursuant to the Depositary’s instruction, all in accordance with this Indenture and an indenture supplemental hereto, if any, or Board Resolution and pursuant to a Company Order, which shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee and which shall represent, and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of, all the Outstanding Notes of such Series or any portion thereof, in either case having the same terms, including, without limitation, the same original issue date, date or dates on which principal is due, and interest rate or method of determining interest and which shall bear the legend as prescribed by Section 2.14(c).

Global Note Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.14(c), which is required to be placed on all Global Notes issued under this Indenture.

Governmental Authority” means any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof and any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial regulatory or administrative functions of government.

Guarantee” means the guarantee by any Guarantor of the Issuer’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes.

Guarantor” has the meaning assigned to it in the preamble to this Indenture.

Holder” means a Person in whose name a Note is registered on the Registrar’s books.

 

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Indenture” means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time.

Interest Payment Date” when used with respect to any Series of Notes, means the date specified in such Notes for the payment of any installment of interest on those Notes.

Internal Revenue Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations thereunder.

Issuer” has the meaning assigned to it in the preamble to this Indenture.

Maturity Date,” when used with respect to any Note or installment of principal thereof, means the date on which the principal of such Note or such installment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity Date or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption, notice of option to elect repayment or otherwise.

Moody’s” means Moody’s Investor Service, Inc. or any successor ratings agency.

Notes” has the meaning assigned to it in the preamble to this Indenture.

Officer” means the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Managing Director, Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or Vice President, any Treasurer or any Secretary or other executive officer or any duly authorized attorney-in-fact of the Issuer.

Officers’ Certificate” means, with respect to any Person, a certificate signed on behalf of such Person by two Officers of such Person that meets the requirements set forth in Sections 11.04 and 11.05.

Opinion of Counsel” means an opinion from legal counsel that, unless otherwise specified, meets the requirements of Sections 11.04 and 11.05. Such counsel shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee and may, unless otherwise specified, be an employee of or counsel to the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer.

Original Issue Discount Note” means any Note that provides for an amount less than the stated principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.02.

Outstanding” means, as of the date of determination, all Notes (or Series of Notes, as applicable) theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:

(1)    Notes theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;

 

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(2)    Notes for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Issuer) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Issuer (if the Issuer shall act as its own Paying Agent); provided that if such Notes are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture;

(3)    Notes that have been defeased pursuant to the procedures specified in Article VIII; and

(4)    Notes that have been paid in lieu of reissuance relating to lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated certificates, or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Notes have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture;

provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Notes have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver under this Indenture, Notes owned by the Issuer or any other obligor upon the Notes or any Affiliate of the Issuer or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Notes that a Responsible Officer of the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Notes so owned that have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Notes and that the pledgee is not the Issuer or any other obligor upon the Notes or any Affiliate of the Issuer or of such other obligor.

Participant” means, with respect to the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, a Person who has an account with the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, respectively (and, with respect to DTC, shall include Euroclear and Clearstream or other indirect participants in DTC serving a similar function).

Permitted Jurisdiction” means any of the United States, any state or territory thereof, the District of Columbia, any member state of the Pre-Expansion European Union, Switzerland, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands and Singapore.

Person” means any individual, corporation, unlimited liability company, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

Pre-Expansion European Union” means the European Union as of January 1, 2004, including the countries of Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom, but not including any country which became or becomes a member of the European Union after January 1, 2004; provided that “Pre-Expansion European Union” shall not include any country whose long-term debt does not have a long-term rating of at least “Aa2” by Moody’s, “AA” by S&P, “AA” by Fitch or the equivalent rating category of another Rating Organization.

 

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Rating Organizations” means the following nationally recognized rating organizations: Moody’s, S&P and Fitch or, if any of Moody’s, S&P or Fitch or all three shall not make a rating on the Notes publicly available, a nationally recognized rating organization, or organizations, as the case may be, selected by the Issuer that shall be substituted for any of Moody’s, S&P or Fitch or all three, as the case may be.

Responsible Officer” with respect to the Trustee, means any Vice President, Assistant Vice President, Trust Officer, Assistant Trust Officer or any other officer of the Trustee within the corporate trust department of the Trustee who customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the above designated officers or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of such Person’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject, and who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.

S&P” means S&P Global Ratings, a division of S&P Global Inc., or any successor rating agency.

SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Series” or “Series of Notes” means each series of debentures, notes or other debt instruments of the Issuer created pursuant to Sections 2.01 and 2.02.

Significant Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that would be a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act.

Stated Maturity Date,” when used with respect to any Note, means the date specified in such Note as the fixed date on which an amount equal to the principal amount of such Note is due and payable.

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any specified Person, a corporation, limited liability company, partnership or trust more than 50% of the outstanding Voting Stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of such Person (or a combination thereof).

TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. §§ 77aaa-77bbbb) and the rules and regulations thereunder as in effect on the date on which this Indenture is qualified under the TIA; provided, however, that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, “TIA” means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act as so amended.

 

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Trustee” means the party named as such in the preamble to this Indenture until a successor replaces it in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and thereafter means the successor serving hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such person, “Trustee” as used with respect to the Notes of any Series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Notes of that Series.

U.S. Government Obligations” means securities that are:

(1) direct obligations of the United States of America for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged, or

(2) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America, the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America.

In either case, the U.S. Government Obligations may not be callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank, as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act, as custodian with respect to such U.S. Government Obligation or a specific payment of principal of or interest on such U.S. Government Obligation held by the custodian for the account of the holder of such depository receipt. The custodian is not authorized, however, to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of the depository receipt except as required by law.

Voting Stock” of any Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the Board of Directors of such Person.

SECTION 1.02.    Other Definitions.

 

Term

   Defined in Section

Act

   2.14(d)

Additional Amounts

   4.07

Agent for Service

   11.09

Covenant Defeasance

   8.03

Event of Default

   6.01

Guaranteed Obligations

   10.01

Irish Guarantor

   10.02

Judgment Currency

   11.11

Legal Defeasance

   8.02

Legal Holiday

   11.07

OID

   4.06

Paying Agent

   2.05

Registrar

   2.05

Regular Record Date

   2.03

Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction

   4.07

Service Agent

   2.05

Successor Issuer

   5.01

Successor Guarantor

   5.02

Taxes

   4.07

 

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SECTION 1.03.    Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act. When qualified under the TIA, this Indenture shall be subject to the mandatory provisions of the TIA, which are incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. Whether or not this Indenture is so qualified, the following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:

“indenture securities” means the Notes;

“indenture security Holder” means a Holder of a Note;

“indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture;

“indenture trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the Trustee; and

“obligor” on the Notes means the Issuer, until a successor replaces the Issuer and thereafter means, as to such replaced Issuer, its successor.

When qualified under the TIA, all other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by the TIA’s reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule under the TIA shall have the meanings so assigned to them.

SECTION 1.04.    Rules of Construction. Unless the context otherwise requires:

(1)    a term has the meaning assigned to it;

(2)    “or” is not exclusive;

(3)    words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular;

(4)    provisions apply to successive events and transactions;

(5)    references to sections of or rules under the Securities Act shall be deemed to include substitute, replacement or successor sections or rules adopted by the SEC from time to time; and

(6)    when a reference is made in this Indenture to a party, to an Article or to a Section, such reference shall be to a party to, a Article of or a Section of this Indenture.

 

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ARTICLE II

THE NOTES

SECTION 2.01.    Issuable in Series. The aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Notes may be issued in one or more Series. All Notes of a Series shall be identical except as may be set forth in a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture or an Officers’ Certificate detailing the adoption of the terms thereof pursuant to the authority granted under a Board Resolution. In the case of Notes of a Series to be issued from time to time, the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture or Officers’ Certificate may provide for the method by which specified terms (such as interest rate, Maturity Date, Regular Record Date or date from which interest shall accrue) are to be determined. Notes may differ between Series in respect of any matters.

SECTION 2.02.    Establishment of Terms of Series of Notes. At or prior to the issuance of any Notes within a Series, the Issuer may establish, as to the Series generally, in the case of Section 2.02(a) and either (1) as to such Notes within the Series or as to the Series generally in the case of Sections 2.02(b) through 2.02(d) and Sections 2.02(f) through 2.02(x), by a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture or an Officers’ Certificate, or (2) if applicable, as to such Notes within the Series or as to the Series generally in the case of Section 2.02(e), in any such case pursuant to authority granted under a Board Resolution by supplemental indenture, the following terms applicable to such Notes:

(a)    the title of the Notes of the Series (which shall distinguish the Notes of that particular Series from the Notes of any other Series);

(b)    any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Notes of the Series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Notes of the Series);

(c)    the date or dates on which the principal and premium, if any, of the Notes of the Series are payable;

(d)    the rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable per annum) at which the Notes of the Series shall bear interest, if any, or the method of determining such rate or rates, the date or dates from which such interest, if any, shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest, if any, shall be payable or the method by which such dates will be determined, the Regular Record Dates (in the case of Notes in registered form), the basis upon which such interest will be calculated if other than that of a 360 day year of twelve 30 day months;

(e)    the right of the Issuer, if any, to and the terms upon which the Issuer may, forgo or defer payment of interest on the Notes of the Series, including any maximum duration of any such deferral or deferrals and the additional interest, if any, payable on the Notes of the Series during any deferral of the interest payment period;

 

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(f)    the currency or currencies, including composite currencies, in which Notes of the Series shall be denominated, if other than Dollars, the place or places, if any, in addition to or instead of the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee where the principal, premium and interest with respect to Notes of such Series shall be payable or the method of such payment, if by wire transfer, mail or other means;

(g)    the price or prices at which, the period or periods within which, and the terms and conditions upon which, Notes of the Series may be redeemed, in whole or in part at the option of the Issuer or otherwise, including the applicability of, and any addition to or change in, the provisions (and the related definitions) set forth in Article III which applies to Notes of the Series;

(h)    the obligation, if any, of the Issuer to redeem, purchase or repay the Notes of the Series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof and the price or prices at which, the period or periods within which, and the terms and conditions upon which, Notes of the Series shall be redeemed, purchased or repaid, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligations;

(i)    the terms, if any, upon which the Notes of the Series may be convertible into or exchanged for any of the Issuer’s ordinary shares, preferred shares, other debt securities or warrants for ordinary shares, preferred shares or other securities of any kind and the terms and conditions upon which such conversion or exchange shall be effected, including the initial conversion or exchange price or rate, the conversion or exchange period and any other additional provisions;

(j)    if other than minimum denominations of $150,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof, the denominations in which the Notes of the Series shall be issuable;

(k)    if the amount of principal, premium or interest with respect to the Notes of the Series may be determined with reference to an index or pursuant to a formula, the manner in which such amounts will be determined;

(l)    if the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity Date of Notes of the Series will not be determinable as of any one or more dates prior to such Stated Maturity Date, the amount that will be deemed to be such principal amount as of any such date for any purpose, including the principal amount thereof which will be due and payable upon any Maturity Date other than the Stated Maturity Date and which will be deemed to be Outstanding as of any such date (or, in any such case, the manner in which such deemed principal amount is to be determined), and if necessary, the manner of determining the equivalent thereof in Dollars;

(m)    any changes or additions to Article VIII;

(n)    if other than the entire principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of the Notes of the Series that shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.02 (if applicable to such Series);

 

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(o)    the terms, if any, of the transfer, mortgage, pledge or assignment as security for the Notes of the Series of any properties, assets, moneys, proceeds, securities or other collateral, including whether any provisions of the TIA are applicable and any corresponding changes to provisions of this Indenture as then in effect;

(p)    any addition to or change in the Events of Default that applies to any Notes of the Series, or the inapplicability of Sections 6.01 and 6.02 to such Series of Notes, and any change in the right of the Trustee or the requisite Holders of such Series of Notes to declare the principal amount of, premium, if any, and interest on such Series of Notes due and payable pursuant to Section 6.02;

(q)    if the Notes of the Series shall be issued in whole or in part in the form of a Global Note, the terms and conditions, if any, upon which such Global Note may be exchanged in whole or in part for other individual Definitive Notes of such Series, the Depositary for such Global Note and the form of any legend or legends to be borne by any such Global Note in addition to or in lieu of the Global Note Legend;

(r)    any Trustee, authenticating agent, Paying Agent, transfer agent, Service Agent or Registrar;

(s)    the applicability of, and any addition to or change in, the covenants (and the related definitions) set forth in Article IV or Article V that applies to Notes of the Series;

(t)    with regard to Notes of the Series that do not bear interest, the dates for certain required reports to the Trustee;

(u)    the intended United States Federal income tax consequences of the Notes;

(v)    the terms applicable to Original Issue Discount Notes, including the rate or rates at which original issue discount will accrue;

(w)    the subordination, if any, of the Notes of the Series pursuant to this Indenture and any related changes or additions to the provisions of this Indenture then in effect; and

(x)    any other terms of Notes of the Series (which terms shall not be prohibited by the provisions of this Indenture).

All Notes of any one Series need not be issued at the same time and may be issued from time to time, consistent with the terms of this Indenture, if so provided by or pursuant to the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture or Officers’ Certificate referred to above, and the authorized principal amount of any Series may not be increased to provide for issuances of additional Notes of such Series, unless otherwise provided in such Board Resolution, supplemental indenture or Officers’ Certificate.

 

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SECTION 2.03.    Denominations; Provisions for Payment. The Notes shall be issuable and may be transferred only, except as otherwise provided with respect to any Series of Notes pursuant to Section 2.02, as registered Notes in the minimum denominations of $150,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof, subject to Section 2.02(j). If applicable, subject to any right the Issuer may have to forgo or defer the payment of interest as contemplated by Section 2.02, the Notes of any Series shall bear interest payable on the dates and at the rate specified with respect to that Series. Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 2.02 with respect to Notes of any Series, the principal of and the interest on the Notes of any Series, as well as any premium thereon in case of redemption thereof prior to maturity, shall be payable in Dollars. Such payment shall be made at an office or agency of the Issuer maintained for that purpose (which may be an office of the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee). The Issuer hereby designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as one such office or agency. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 2.02, interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360 day year composed of twelve 30 day months.

The interest installment on any Note that is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date for Notes of that Series shall be paid to the Person in whose name said Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest installment. In the event that any Note of any Series or portion thereof is called for redemption and the redemption date is subsequent to a Regular Record Date with respect to any Interest Payment Date and prior to such Interest Payment Date, interest on such Note will be paid upon presentation and surrender of such Note as provided in Sections 3.05 and 3.06.

Unless otherwise set forth in a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture or an Officers’ Certificate establishing the terms of any Series of Notes pursuant to Section 2.02, the term “Regular Record Date” as used in this Indenture with respect to Notes of any Series with respect to any Interest Payment Date for such Series shall mean (i) either the fifteenth day of the month immediately preceding the month in which an Interest Payment Date established for such Series pursuant to Section 2.02 shall occur, if such Interest Payment Date is the first day of a month or (ii) the last day of the month immediately preceding the month in which an Interest Payment Date established for such Series pursuant to Section 2.02 shall occur, if such Interest Payment Date is the fifteenth day of a month, whether or not such date is a Business Day.

Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.03, each Note of a Series delivered under this Indenture upon transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Note of such Series shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid (including, if applicable, deferred interest), and to accrue, that were carried by such other Note.

 

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SECTION 2.04.    Execution and Authentication. One or more Officers shall sign the Notes for the Issuer by manual or facsimile signature. If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time the Note is authenticated, the Note shall nevertheless be valid. A Note shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent. The manual signature of the Trustee shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated under this Indenture. The Notes may contain such notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage, but which shall not affect the rights, duties or immunities of the Trustee.

The Trustee shall at any time, and from time to time, authenticate Notes for original issue in the principal amount provided in a Company Order. Such Company Order shall specify the amount of Notes to be authenticated, the date on which the issue of Notes is to be authenticated, the number of separate Notes to be authenticated, the registered Holder of each Note and delivery instructions. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication unless otherwise provided by a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officers’ Certificate.

The aggregate principal amount of Notes of any Series Outstanding at any time may not exceed any limit upon the maximum principal amount for such Series set forth in the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officers’ Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.02, except as provided in Section 2.09.

Prior to the first issuance of Notes of any Series, the Trustee shall have received and (subject to Section 7.02) shall be fully protected in relying on: (a) the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officers’ Certificate establishing the form of the Notes of that Series or of Notes within that Series and the terms of the Notes of that Series or of Notes within that Series, (b) an Officers’ Certificate with respect to both the issuance and authentication of such Notes, and (c) an Opinion of Counsel with respect to both the issuance and authentication of such Notes which shall also state: (i) that such Notes, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Issuer in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Issuer, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights and to general equity principles; and (ii) that the Guarantees relating to such Notes constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Guarantors, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights and to general equity principles.

The Trustee shall have the right to decline to authenticate and deliver any Notes of such Series: (a) if the Trustee, being advised by counsel, determines that such action may not lawfully be taken; (b) if the Trustee in good faith by its board of directors or trustees, executive committee or a trust committee of directors and/or vice-presidents shall determine that such action would expose the Trustee to personal liability to Holders of any then Outstanding Series of Notes or otherwise exposes the Trustee to liability hereunder or under any Series of Notes; or (c) if the issue of such Notes will affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under the Notes and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

 

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The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Issuer to authenticate Notes. An authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with the Issuer or an Affiliate of the Issuer.

SECTION 2.05.    Registrar and Paying Agent. So long as Notes of any Series remaining Outstanding, the Issuer agrees to maintain an office or agency (which may be an office of the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee) where Notes of such Series may be presented or surrendered for payment (“Paying Agent”) and where Notes of such Series may be presented for registration of transfer or exchange (“Registrar”). The Registrar shall keep a register with respect to each Series of Notes and to their transfer and exchange. The Issuer will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the name and address, and any change in the name or address, of each Registrar or Paying Agent. If at any time the Issuer shall fail to maintain any such required Registrar or Paying Agent or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the name and address thereof, such presentations and surrenders may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Issuer hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations and surrenders.

The Issuer may also from time to time designate one or more additional paying agents or additional service agents and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Issuer of its obligations to maintain a Registrar, Paying Agent and Service Agent in each place so specified pursuant to Section 2.02 for Notes of any Series for such purposes. The Issuer will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the name or address of any such additional paying agent or additional service agent. The term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent; and the term “Service Agent” includes any additional service agent.

The Issuer hereby appoints the Trustee as the initial Registrar and Paying Agent for each Series unless another Registrar or Paying Agent, as the case may be, is appointed prior to the time Notes of that Series are first issued.

The Issuer shall appoint a service agent where notices and demands to or upon the Issuer in respect of the Notes of such Series and this Indenture may be served (“Service Agent”), which shall initially be CT Corporation System, with offices at 111 Eighth Avenue, New York, New York, 10011. The Issuer will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the name and address, and any change in the name or address, of the Service Agent.

 

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SECTION 2.06.    Paying Agent To Hold Money in Trust. The Issuer shall require each Paying Agent, other than the Trustee, to agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust, for the benefit of Holders of any Series of Notes or the Trustee, all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of or interest on the Series of Notes, and will notify the Trustee of any default by the Issuer in making any such payment. While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 2.06 to the contrary, (i) the agreement to hold sums in trust as provided in this Section 2.06 is subject to the provisions of Section 8.06, and (ii) the Issuer may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Issuer or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same terms and conditions as those upon which such sums were held by the Issuer or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent (if other than the Issuer or a Subsidiary of the Issuer) shall be released from all further liability with respect to the money. If the Issuer or a Subsidiary of the Issuer acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of Holders of any Series of Notes all money held by it as Paying Agent.

SECTION 2.07.    Holder Lists. (a) The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of Holders of each Series of Notes and the Issuer undertakes to provide, or cause the Depositary to provide, such a list at the Trustee’s reasonable request but in any case no more often than at stated intervals of six months, unless the Issuer and the Trustee shall otherwise agree. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee at least ten days before each Interest Payment Date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing a list, in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of Holders of each Series of Notes.

(b)    The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 2.07(a) upon receipt of a new list so furnished.

SECTION 2.08.    Transfer and Exchange. When Notes of a Series are presented to the Registrar with a request to register a transfer or to exchange them for an equal principal amount of Notes of the same Series, the Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange if its requirements for such transactions are met. To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee, upon a Company Order, shall authenticate, Notes at the Registrar’s request. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange (except as otherwise expressly permitted herein), but the Issuer may require payment from the transferring or exchanging Holder, as the case may be, of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable upon exchanges pursuant to Sections 2.11, 3.06 or 9.04).

No Issuer or Registrar shall be required (a) to issue, register the transfer of, or exchange Notes of any Series for the period beginning at the opening of business 15 days immediately preceding the mailing of a notice of redemption of Notes of that

 

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Series selected for redemption and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (b) to register the transfer or exchange of Notes of any Series selected, called or being called for redemption as a whole or the portion being redeemed of any such Notes selected, called or being called for redemption in part.

All Notes presented or surrendered for exchange or registration of transfer, as provided in this Section 2.08, shall be accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer satisfactory to the Issuer and the Registrar, duly executed by the registered Holder or by such Holder’s duly authorized attorney in writing and, if necessary, by the transferee or such transferee’s duly authorized attorney in writing.

The provisions of this Section 2.08 are, with respect to any Global Note, subject to Section 2.14.

SECTION 2.09.    Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Notes. If any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee, the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee, upon a Company Order, shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Note of the same Series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

If there shall be delivered to the Issuer and the Trustee (i) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Note and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Issuer or the Trustee that such Note has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee, upon a Company Order, shall authenticate and make available for delivery, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Note, a new Note of the same Series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note has become or is about to become due and payable, the Issuer in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Note, pay such Note (without surrender thereof except in the case of a mutilated Note) if the applicant for such payment shall furnish to the Issuer and the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, and, in case of destruction, loss or theft, evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of such Note and of the ownership thereof.

Upon the issuance of any new Note under this Section 2.09, the Issuer may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.

Every new Note of any Series issued pursuant to this Section 2.09 in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Issuer, whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Notes of that Series duly issued hereunder.

 

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The provisions of this Section 2.09 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) any and all other rights and remedies, notwithstanding any law or statute existing or hereafter enacted to the contrary, with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes, negotiable instruments or other securities.

SECTION 2.10.    Treasury Notes. In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Notes of a Series have concurred in any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, Notes of a Series owned by the Issuer or a Subsidiary of the Issuer shall be disregarded, except that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver only Notes of a Series that a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Subject to the foregoing, only Notes Outstanding at the time shall be considered in any such determination.

SECTION 2.11.    Temporary Notes. Until Definitive Notes are ready for delivery, the Issuer may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Notes upon a Company Order. Temporary Notes shall be substantially in the form of Definitive Notes but may have variations that the Issuer considers appropriate for temporary Notes, which shall not affect the rights, duties or immunities of the Trustee. Without unreasonable delay, the Issuer shall prepare and the Trustee, upon a Company Order, shall authenticate Definitive Notes of the same Series and Maturity Date in exchange for temporary Notes. Until so exchanged, temporary Notes shall have the same rights under this Indenture as the Definitive Notes.

SECTION 2.12.    Cancellation. The Issuer at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee shall cancel all Notes surrendered for transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and shall destroy such canceled Notes (subject to the record retention requirement of the Exchange Act) and, upon request, provide evidence of the cancellation of all cancelled Notes to the Issuer. The Issuer may not issue new Notes to replace Notes that they have paid or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

SECTION 2.13.    Defaulted Interest. If the Issuer defaults in a payment of interest on a Series of Notes (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any interest with respect to which the Issuer has exercised any right it may have to forgo or defer payment thereof), it shall pay the defaulted interest in any lawful manner, plus, to the extent permitted by law and if the terms of such Series so provide, any interest payable on the defaulted interest, to the persons who are Holders of the Series on a subsequent special record date. The Issuer shall fix the record date and payment date. At least 10 days before the record date, the Issuer shall mail or deliver to the Trustee and to each Holder of the Series a notice that states the record date, the payment date and the amount of interest to be paid.

 

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SECTION 2.14.    Global Notes. (a) Terms of Notes. A Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officers’ Certificate shall establish whether the Notes of a Series shall be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Notes and the Depositary for such Global Note or Notes.

(b)    Transfer and Exchange. Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary contained in Section 2.08 and in addition thereto, any Global Note shall be exchangeable pursuant to Section 2.08 for Notes registered in the names of Holders other than the Depositary for such Note or its nominee only if (i) such Depositary notifies the Issuer that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Note or if at any time such Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, and, in either case, the Issuer fails to appoint a successor Depositary within 90 days of such event, and (ii) the Issuer executes and delivers to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that such Global Note shall be so exchangeable. Any Global Note that is exchangeable pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be exchangeable for Notes registered in such names as the Depositary shall direct in writing in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Note with like tenor and terms.

Except as provided in this Section 2.14(b), a Global Note may only be transferred in whole but not in part (i) by the Depositary with respect to such Global Note to a nominee of such Depositary, (ii) by a nominee of such Depositary to such Depositary or another nominee of such Depositary or (iii) by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such a successor Depositary.

(c)    Legend. Any Global Note issued hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:

“This Note is held by the Depositary (as defined in the Indenture governing this Note) or its nominee in custody for the benefit of the beneficial owners hereof, and is not transferable to any person under any circumstances except that (a) the Trustee may make such notations hereon as may be required pursuant to Section 2.04 of the Indenture, (b) this Note may be exchanged in whole but not in part pursuant to Section 2.14(b) of the Indenture, (c) this Note may be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation pursuant to Section 2.12 of the Indenture and (d) except as otherwise provided in Section 2.14(b) of the Indenture, this Note may be transferred, in whole but not in part, only (x) by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary, (y) by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or (z) by the Depositary or any nominee to a successor Depositary or to a nominee of such successor Depositary”.

(d)    Acts of Holders. (i) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee

 

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and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Issuer. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Issuer, if made in the manner provided in this Section 2.14.

(ii)    The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by any reasonable manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.

(iii)    The ownership of registered securities shall be proved by the register maintained by the Registrar.

(iv)    Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Note shall bind every future Holder of the same Note and the Holder of every Note issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Issuer in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Note.

(v)    If the Issuer shall solicit from the Holders any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, the Issuer may, at its option, by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders entitled to give such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, but the Issuer shall have no obligation to do so. If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act may be given before or after such record date, but only the Holders of record at the close of business on such record date shall be deemed to be Holders for the purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of Outstanding Notes have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, and for that purpose the Outstanding Notes shall be computed as of such record date; provided, that such authorization, agreement or consent by the Holders on such record date shall not be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture within six months after the record date.

The Depositary, as a Holder, may establish procedures for beneficial owners of Notes who hold interests in the Notes through Participants to provide any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action which a Holder is entitled to give or take under this Indenture and it may take actions as Holder consistent with such instructions in accordance with such procedures. The Trustee shall have no duty, obligation, responsibility or liability with respect to the Depositary’s procedures.

 

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(e)    Payments. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Indenture, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.02, payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on any Global Note shall be made to the Holder thereof.

SECTION 2.15.    CUSIP or ISIN Numbers. The Issuer in issuing the Notes may use “CUSIP” or “ISIN” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Issuer shall use “CUSIP” or “ISIN” numbers in notices of redemption as provided in Section 3.03; provided that (i) neither the Issuer nor the Trustee shall have any responsibility for any defect in the “CUSIP” or “ISIN” number that appears on any Note, check, advice of payment or redemption notice, (ii) any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of a redemption, (iii) reliance may be placed only on the other elements of identification printed on the Notes and (iv) any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Issuer shall notify the Trustee of changes in the “CUSIP” or “ISIN” numbers for the Notes of which they become aware.

SECTION 2.16.    Benefits of Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Notes, express or implied, shall give or be construed to give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and the Holders of the Notes, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Indenture, or under any covenant, condition or provision herein contained; all such covenants, conditions and provisions being for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and of the Holders of the Notes.

ARTICLE III

REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT

SECTION 3.01.    Notices to Trustee. The Issuer may, with respect to any Series of Notes, reserve the right to redeem and pay the Series of Notes or may covenant to redeem and pay the Series of Notes or any part thereof prior to the Stated Maturity Date thereof at such time and on such terms as provided for in such Series of Notes. If a Series of Notes is redeemable and the Issuer wants or is obligated to redeem all or part of the Series of Notes prior to the Stated Maturity Date thereof pursuant to the terms of such Notes, the Issuer shall notify the Trustee in writing of the redemption date and the principal amount of Notes of the Series to be redeemed and the redemption price. The Issuer shall give such written notice to the Trustee in the form of an Officers’ Certificate at least five days before notice of redemption is required to be mailed or caused to be mailed to Holders pursuant to Section 3.03 unless the Trustee consents to a shorter period.

SECTION 3.02.    Selection of Notes To Be Redeemed. Unless otherwise indicated for a particular Series by a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture or an Officers’ Certificate, if less than all of the Notes of a Series are to be redeemed or purchased in an offer to purchase at any time, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be redeemed or purchased as follows:

(1)    if the Issuer notifies the Trustee in writing that the Notes are listed on any national securities exchange, in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which the Notes are listed; or

 

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(2)    if the Issuer does not notify the Trustee in writing that the Notes are listed on any national securities exchange, on a pro rata basis, by lot or by such other method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate or as required by the Depositary.

No Notes of a minimum of $150,000 of principal amount or less (or, in the case of any Series established in denominations less than $150,000, the principal amount or less of such denomination) will be redeemed in part. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called for redemption also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption. The Trustee shall make the selection from Outstanding Notes of a Series not previously called for redemption.

If any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that relates to such Note of the same Series and Stated Maturity Date shall state the portion of the principal amount of that Note to be redeemed. A new Note in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the original Note presented for redemption will be issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon cancellation of the original Note. On and after the redemption date, interest ceases to accrue or accrete on Notes or portions of them called for redemption.

SECTION 3.03.    Notice of Redemption. Unless otherwise provided for a particular Series of Notes by a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture or an Officers’ Certificate, at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, the Issuer shall mail or cause to be mailed, by first class mail (or otherwise delivered in accordance with the procedures of DTC), a notice of redemption to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address.

The notice shall identify the Notes to be redeemed and shall state:

(1)    the redemption date;

(2)    the redemption price, which will include interest accrued and unpaid (including, if applicable, deferred interest) to the date fixed for redemption;

(3)    if any Note is being redeemed in part, the portion of the principal amount of such Note to be redeemed and that, after the redemption date upon surrender of such Note, a new Note or Notes in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion shall be issued upon cancellation of the original Note;

(4)    the name and address of the Paying Agent;

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(6)    that, unless the Issuer defaults in making such redemption payment or the Paying Agent is prohibited from making such payment pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, interest on Notes (or portion thereof) called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date;

(7)    the paragraph of the Notes and/or provision of this Indenture or any supplemental indenture pursuant to which the Notes called for redemption are being redeemed;

(8)    the CUSIP or ISIN number, if any, printed on the Notes being redeemed;

(9)    any applicable conditions precedent and the procedures for notice to the Trustee and Holders of any failure or delay to satisfy such conditions;

(10)    whether payment of the redemption price and the performance of the Issuer’s obligations with respect to such redemption will be performed by another Person; and

(11)    that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP or ISIN number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Notes.

At the Issuer’s request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Issuer’s name and at its expense; provided, however, that the Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee, at least ten days prior to the intended mailing of any such notice (or such shorter period as may be acceptable to the Trustee), an Officers’ Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such notice and setting forth the information to be stated in such notice as required by this Section 3.03.

SECTION 3.04.    Effect of Notice of Redemption. Once notice of redemption is mailed in accordance with Section 3.03, Notes called for redemption become due and payable on the redemption date at the redemption price, subject to the following paragraph. Failure to give notice or any defect in the notice to any Holder shall not affect the validity of the notice to any other Holder.

Any redemption or notice of any redemption may, at the Issuer’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, including, but not limited to, completion of any debt or equity financing, acquisition or other corporate transaction or event, and, at the Issuer’s discretion, the redemption date may be delayed until such time as any or all of such conditions have been satisfied. In addition, the Issuer may provide in any notice of redemption that payment of the redemption price and the performance of its obligations with respect to such redemption may be performed by another Person; provided, however, that the Issuer will remain obligated to pay the redemption price and perform its obligations with respect to such redemption in the event such other Person fails to do so.

 

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SECTION 3.05.    Deposit of Redemption Price. Prior to 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the redemption date, the Issuer shall deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent (or, if the Issuer or a Subsidiary of the Issuer is the Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust) money sufficient to pay the redemption price of, and accrued interest on, all Notes to be redeemed on that date, other than Notes or portions of Notes called for redemption that have been delivered by the Issuer to the Trustee for cancellation. The Trustee or the Paying Agent shall as promptly as practicable return to the Issuer any money deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent by the Issuer in excess of the amounts necessary to pay the redemption price of, and accrued interest on, all Notes to be redeemed. If such money is then held by the Issuer in trust and is not required for such purpose it shall be discharged from such trust.

If the Issuer complies with the provisions of the immediately preceding paragraph, on and after the redemption date, interest shall cease to accrue on the Notes or the portions of Notes called for redemption. If a Note is redeemed on or after a Regular Record Date but on or prior to the related Interest Payment Date, then any accrued and unpaid interest (including, if applicable, deferred interest) shall be paid on the redemption date to the Person in whose name such Note was registered at the close of business on such Regular Record Date. If any Note called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender for redemption because of the failure of the Issuer to comply with the preceding paragraph, interest shall be paid on the unpaid principal, from the redemption date until such principal is paid, and, to the extent permitted by law and if the terms of such Series so provide, on any interest not paid on such unpaid principal, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes.

SECTION 3.06.    Notes Redeemed in Part. Upon surrender of a Note that is redeemed in part, the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee, upon a Company Order, shall authenticate for the Holder (at the Issuer’s expense) a new Note of the same Series and Stated Maturity Date equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Note surrendered.

SECTION 3.07.    Optional Redemption. The Issuer may redeem all or part of the Notes within a Series pursuant to the terms of any Board Resolution, supplemental indenture or Officers’ Certificate pursuant to which such Series was established.

ARTICLE IV

COVENANTS

SECTION 4.01.    Payment of Notes. Subject to any right the Issuer may have to forgo or defer the payment of interest as contemplated by Section 2.02, the Issuer and the Guarantors covenant and agree, jointly and severally, for the benefit of the Holders of each Series of Notes, that they will duly and punctually make all payments in respect of each Series of Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in such Series of Notes and this Indenture. Principal, premium, if any, and interest will be considered paid on the date due if the Paying Agent, if other than the Issuer or a Subsidiary thereof, holds

 

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as of 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on the due date money deposited by the Issuer in immediately available funds and designated for and sufficient to pay all principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, then due. Such payments shall be considered made on the date due if on such date the Trustee or the Paying Agent holds, in accordance with this Indenture, money sufficient to make all payments with respect to such Notes then due and the Trustee or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, is not prohibited from paying such money to the Holders on that date pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.

SECTION 4.02.    Reports by the Issuer.

(a)    The Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee, within 15 days after the same is filed with, or furnished to, the SEC by the Issuer, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports that, if the Issuer is subject to the reporting requirements of either Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, it files with, or furnishes to, the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. If the Issuer is not required to file with, or furnish to, the SEC information, documents or reports pursuant to either Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, then the Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee and file with, or furnish to, the SEC such reports, if any, as may be prescribed by the SEC pursuant to Section 314(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, within 15 days after the same is filed with, or furnished to, the SEC by the Issuer.

(b)    For purposes of this Section 4.02, the Issuer will be deemed to have filed such information, documents and reports with the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes when such information, documents and reports are filed with, or furnished to, the SEC via the EDGAR filing system (or any successor system), it being understood that the Trustee shall have no responsibility to determine if such filings have been made.

(c)    Actual or deemed delivery of reports, information and documents to the Trustee under this Section 4.02 is for informational purposes only, and the Trustee’s receipt of the foregoing shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Issuer’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely on Officers’ Certificates).

SECTION 4.03.    Compliance Certificate. The Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Issuer an Officers’ Certificate stating that a review of the activities of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries during the preceding fiscal year has been made under the supervision of the signing Officers with a view to determining whether the Issuer has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled its obligations under this Indenture, and further stating, as to each such Officer signing such certificate, that, to such Officer’s knowledge, the Issuer has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every covenant contained in this Indenture and is not in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions hereof (or, if a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and is continuing, describing all such Defaults or Events of Default of which such Officer has knowledge and what action the Issuer is taking or proposes to take, if any, with respect thereto).

 

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SECTION 4.04.    Further Instruments and Acts. The Issuer and the Guarantors shall execute and deliver to the Trustee such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purpose of this Indenture.

SECTION 4.05.    Corporate Existence. Subject to Article V hereof, the Issuer shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect:

(1)    its existence in accordance with its organizational documents (as the same may be amended from time to time); and

(2)    the rights (charter and statutory), licenses and franchises of the Issuer and each of its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the Issuer shall not be required to preserve any such right, license or franchise if the Board of Directors shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and that the loss thereof is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders of the Notes.

SECTION 4.06.    Calculation of Original Issue Discount. If the Notes of a Series are issued with original issue discount (other than de minimis original issue discount) (“OID”), as defined under the Internal Revenue Code, the Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee promptly at the end of each calendar year (i) a written notice specifying the amount of OID (including daily rates and accrual periods) accrued on Outstanding Notes of that Series as of the end of such year and (ii) such other specific information relating to such OID as may then be relevant under the Internal Revenue Code.

SECTION 4.07.    Additional Amounts.

(a)    The Issuer and the Guarantors are required to make all payments under or with respect to the Notes and each Guarantee, as the case may be, free and clear of and without withholding or deduction for or on account of any present or future tax, duty, levy, impost, assessment or other governmental charge (including penalties, interest and other liabilities related thereto) (hereinafter “Taxes”) imposed or levied by or on behalf of (i) Ireland or any political subdivision or any authority or agency therein or thereof having power to tax, (ii) any other jurisdiction in which the Issuer or, as applicable, the relevant Guarantor is organized or otherwise resident for tax purposes or any political subdivision or any authority or agency therein or thereof having the power to tax or (iii) any jurisdiction from or through which payment on the Notes or the relevant Guarantee is made or any political subdivision or any authority or agency therein or thereof having the power to tax (each a “Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction”), unless the Issuer or, as applicable, the relevant Guarantor is required to withhold or deduct Taxes by law or by the interpretation or administration thereof.

(b)    If the Issuer or a Guarantor is so required to withhold or deduct any amount for or on account of Taxes imposed by a Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction from any payment made under or with respect to the Notes or any Guarantee, the Issuer or, as

 

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applicable, the relevant Guarantors will be required to pay such additional amounts (“Additional Amounts”) as may be necessary so that the net amount received by Holders (including Additional Amounts) after such withholding or deduction will not be less than the amount Holders would have received if such Taxes had not been withheld or deducted; provided, however, that the foregoing obligation to pay Additional Amounts does not apply to (1) any Taxes that would not have been so imposed but for the existence of any present or former connection between the relevant Holder (or between a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member or shareholder of, or possessor of power over, the relevant Holder, if the relevant Holder is an estate, nominee, trust or corporation) and the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction (including being a citizen or resident or national of, or carrying on a business or maintaining a permanent establishment in, or being physically present in, the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction, but other than a connection arising from the acquisition, ownership or holding of such Note or the receipt of any payment in respect thereof, including, where applicable, under the relevant Guarantee); (2) any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, value added, excise, transfer, personal property tax or similar tax, assessment or governmental charge; (3) any Taxes imposed as a result of the failure of the relevant Holder or beneficial owner of the Notes to comply with a timely request in writing of the Issuer addressed to the Holder or beneficial owner, as the case may be (such request being made at a time that would enable such Holder or beneficial owner acting reasonably to comply with that request), to provide information, a declaration or tax form concerning such Holder’s or beneficial owner’s nationality, residence, identity or connection with any Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction, if and to the extent that due and timely compliance with such request under applicable law, regulation or administrative practice would have reduced or eliminated such Taxes with respect to such Holder or beneficial owner, as applicable; (4) any Taxes that are payable other than by deduction or withholding from a payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest, if any, on the Notes; (5) any Taxes that are required to be deducted or withheld on a payment that are required to be made pursuant to Council Directive 2014/107/EU (“DAC2”) or any law implementing or complying with, or introduced in order to conform to, such Directive; (6) as of 1 January 2021, any Taxes withheld or deducted pursuant to the Dutch Withholding Tax Act 2021 (Wet bronbelasting 2021); or (7) any Taxes withheld or deducted pursuant to Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Internal Revenue Code (or any amended or successor version of such Sections), any U.S. Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder, any official interpretations thereof or any agreements or treaties (including any law implementing any such agreement or treaty) entered into in connection with the implementation thereof; nor will the Issuer or any Guarantor pay Additional Amounts (a) if the payment could have been made without such deduction or withholding if the beneficiary of the payment had presented the Note for payment (where presentation is permitted or required for payment) within 30 days after the date on which such payment or such Note became due and payable or the date on which payment thereof is duly provided for, whichever is later, (b) with respect to any payment of principal of (or premium, if any, on) or interest on such Note to any Holder who is a fiduciary or partnership or any Person other than the sole beneficial owner of such payment, to the extent that a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such fiduciary, a member of such a partnership or the beneficial owner of such payment would not have been entitled to the Additional Amounts had such beneficiary, settlor, member or

 

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beneficial owner been the actual Holder of such Note, or (c) in respect of any Note where such withholding or deduction is imposed as a result of any combination of clauses (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (a) and (b) of this paragraph.

(c)    The Issuer and the Guarantors will make any required withholding or deduction and remit the full amount deducted or withheld to the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction in accordance with applicable law. The Issuer and the Guarantors will provide the Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders, with official receipts evidencing the payment of the Taxes with respect to which Additional Amounts are paid. If, notwithstanding the efforts of the Issuer and the Guarantors to obtain such receipts, the same are not obtainable, the Issuer or the Guarantors will provide the Trustee with other evidence reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. In no event, however, shall the Issuer and the Guarantors be required to disclose any information they reasonably deem to be confidential.

(d)    If the Issuer or the Guarantors are or become obligated to pay Additional Amounts under or with respect to any payment made on the Notes or any Guarantee, at least 30 days prior to the date of such payment, the Issuer will deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that Additional Amounts will be payable and the amount so payable and such other information necessary to enable the Paying Agent to pay Additional Amounts to Holders on the relevant payment date.

(e)    Whenever in this Indenture there is mentioned, in any context:

(i)    the payment of principal or interest;

(ii)    redemption prices or purchase prices in connection with a redemption or purchase of Notes; or

(iii)    any other amount payable on or with respect to any of the Notes or any Guarantee,

such reference shall be deemed to include payment of Additional Amounts as described under this heading to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof.

(f)    The Issuer and the Guarantors will pay any present or future stamp, court or documentary taxes or any other excise, property or similar taxes, charges or levies that arise in any Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction from the execution, delivery, enforcement or registration of the Notes, this Indenture, any Guarantee or any other document or instrument in relation thereof, and the Issuer and the Guarantors will agree to indemnify the Holders for any such taxes paid by such Holders.

(g)    The obligations described under this heading will survive any termination, defeasance or discharge of this Indenture and will apply mutatis mutandis to any jurisdiction in which any successor Person to the Issuer or any Guarantor is organized or otherwise resident for tax purposes or any political subdivision or taxing authority or agency thereof or therein.

 

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ARTICLE V

SUCCESSORS

SECTION 5.01.    The Issuer.

(a)    The Issuer may not consolidate, amalgamate or merge with or into or wind up into (whether or not the Issuer is the surviving entity), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets, in one or more related transactions, to any Person unless:

(i)    the Issuer is the surviving Person or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation, amalgamation or merger (if other than the Issuer) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition will have been made is a Person organized or existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of organization of the Issuer or under the laws of a Permitted Jurisdiction (the Issuer or such Person, as the case may be, being herein called “Successor Issuer”);

(ii)    Successor Issuer, if other than the Issuer, expressly assumes all the obligations of the Issuer under the Notes and this Indenture pursuant to a supplemental indenture;

(iii)    immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default, if applicable, shall have occurred and be continuing; and

(iv)    Successor Issuer shall have delivered, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, amalgamation, merger or transfer and such supplemental indenture, if any, comply with this Indenture;

provided, however, that, notwithstanding the foregoing clause (iii), (A) any Subsidiary may consolidate or amalgamate with or merge with or into the Issuer; (B) the Issuer may consolidate or amalgamate with or merge with or into or wind up into an Affiliate of the Issuer solely for the purpose of reincorporating the Issuer in a Permitted Jurisdiction; and (C) the Issuer may be converted, reorganized or reconstituted in a Permitted Jurisdiction.

(b)    Successor Issuer (if other than the Issuer) will succeed to, and be substituted for, the Issuer under this Indenture and the Notes and in such event the Issuer will automatically be released and discharged from its obligation under this Indenture and the Notes.

 

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SECTION 5.02.    Guarantors.

(a)    Each Guarantor may not consolidate, amalgamate or merge with or into or wind up into (whether or not the applicable Guarantor is the surviving entity), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets, in one or more related transactions, to any Subsidiary of the Issuer unless:

(i)    the applicable Guarantor is the surviving Person or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation, amalgamation or merger (if other than such Guarantor) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition will have been made is a Person organized or existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of organization of such Guarantor or under the laws of a Permitted Jurisdiction (such Guarantor or such Person, as the case may be, being herein called “Successor Guarantor”);

(ii)    the Successor Guarantor, if other than the applicable Guarantor, expressly assumes all the obligations of such Guarantor under the Notes and this Indenture pursuant to a supplemental indenture;

(iii)    immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default, if applicable, shall have occurred and be continuing;

(iv)    the Successor Guarantor, if other than the applicable Guarantor, shall have delivered, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel (which may contain customary exceptions) stating that the Guarantee to be provided by such Successor Guarantor has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Successor Guarantor and constitutes the legal, valid and enforceable obligation of such Successor Guarantor; and

(v)    the Successor Guarantor shall have delivered, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, amalgamation, merger or transfer and such supplemental indenture, if any, comply with this Indenture;

provided, however, that, notwithstanding the foregoing clause (iii), (A) any Subsidiary of the Issuer may consolidate or amalgamate with or merge with or into a Guarantor; (B) any Guarantor may consolidate or amalgamate with or merge with or into or wind up into an Affiliate of such Guarantor solely for the purpose of reincorporating such Guarantor in a Permitted Jurisdiction; and (C) any Guarantor may be converted, reorganized or reconstituted in a Permitted Jurisdiction.

(b)    The Successor Guarantor (if other than the applicable Guarantor) will succeed to, and be substituted for, the applicable Guarantor under this Indenture and such Guarantor’s Guarantee and in such event the applicable Guarantor will automatically be released and discharged from its obligation under this Indenture and such Guarantor’s Guarantee.

 

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ARTICLE VI

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

SECTION 6.01.    Events of Default. Unless otherwise indicated for a particular Series of Notes by a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto, or an Officers’ Certificate, each of the following constitutes an “Event of Default” with respect to each Series of Notes:

(1)    default in the payment of any installment of interest upon any Note of such Series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days or more;

(2)    default in the payment of all or any part of the principal of any Note of such Series when it becomes due and payable at its Maturity Date;

(3)    default in the performance, or breach, of any other covenant or warranty of the Issuer in this Indenture applicable to such Series of Notes or in any Series of Notes, and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 60 days after notice to the Issuer by the Trustee, or to the Issuer and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Notes of such Series at the time Outstanding;

(4)    default under any mortgage, indenture (including this Indenture governing the Notes) or instrument under which there is issued, or which secures or evidences, any indebtedness for borrowed money of the Issuer or any Subsidiary existing on, or created after, the date of this Indenture, which default shall constitute a failure to pay principal of such indebtedness in an amount exceeding $200,000,000 when due and payable (other than as a result of acceleration), after expiration of any applicable grace period with respect thereto, or shall have resulted in an aggregate principal amount of such indebtedness exceeding $200,000,000 becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise have become due and payable, without such indebtedness having been discharged or such acceleration having been rescinded or annulled within a period of 30 days after there has been given a notice to the Issuer by the Trustee, or to the Issuer and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Notes of such Series at the time Outstanding;

(5)    any Guarantee ceases to be in full force and effect in any material respect (except as contemplated by the terms thereof) or any such Guarantor denies or disaffirms its obligations under this Indenture or any Guarantee if, and only if, in each such case, such default continues for ten consecutive days;

(6)    the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:

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(B)    consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case, files for bankruptcy or commences a similar insolvency proceeding;

(C)    consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property; or

(D)    makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors;

or takes any comparable action under any foreign laws relating to insolvency; or

(7)    a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:

(A)    is for relief against the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer in an involuntary case;

(B)    appoints a Custodian of the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer for all or substantially all of its property; or

(C)    orders the winding up or liquidation of the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer;

or any similar relief is granted under any foreign laws, and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days.

The term “Custodian” means, for the purposes of this Article VI only, any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator, custodian or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.

The Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee, within 30 days after the Issuer first gains knowledge of the occurrence thereof, written notice in the form of an Officers’ Certificate of any Event of Default and any event which with the giving of notice or the lapse of time would become an Event of Default, its status and what action the Issuer and its Subsidiaries are taking or propose to take with respect thereto.

SECTION 6.02.    Acceleration. (a) If an Event of Default that is applicable with respect to any Series of Notes at the time Outstanding (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(5) or 6.01(7)) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes of that Series by notice to the Issuer (and to the Trustee, if notice is given by the Holders), may declare the principal amount of (or, in the case of Original Issue Discount Notes of that Series, the portion thereby specified in the terms of such Note), premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest (including, if applicable, deferred interest) on all the Notes of that Series to be due and payable. Upon such a declaration, such amounts shall be due

 

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and payable immediately. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(6) or 6.01(7) occurs, the principal amount of (or, in the case of Original Issue Discount Notes of that Series, the portion thereby specified in the terms of such Note), premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest (including, if applicable, deferred interest) on all the Notes of each Series of Note shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.

(b)    At any time after the principal of the Notes of any Series of Notes shall have been so declared due and payable (or have become immediately due and payable), and before any judgment or decree for the payment of the moneys due shall have been obtained or entered as hereinafter provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes of that Series then Outstanding hereunder, by written notice to the Issuer and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if: (i) the Issuer has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay all matured installments of interest upon all the Notes of that Series and the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any and all Notes of that Series that shall have become due otherwise than by acceleration (with interest upon such principal and premium, if any, and, to the extent that such payment is enforceable under applicable law, upon overdue installments of interest, at the rate per annum expressed in the Notes of that Series to the date of such payment or deposit and all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee (including compensation, reasonable disbursements and expenses of the Trustee’s counsel) and compensation for the Trustee’s services) and (ii) any and all Events of Default under this Indenture with respect to such Series of Notes, other than the nonpayment of principal (or, in the case of Original Issue Discount Notes of that Series, the portion thereby specified in the terms of such Note) and interest, if any, on Notes of that Series that have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, shall have been remedied or waived as provided in Section 6.04. No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or impair any right consequent thereto.

SECTION 6.03.    Other Remedies. If an Event of Default with respect to any Series of Notes occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders by such appropriate judicial proceedings as shall be most effectual to protect and enforce such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.

The Trustee may institute and maintain a suit or legal proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Notes of a Series or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default with respect to any Series of Notes shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. No remedy is exclusive of any other remedy. All available remedies are cumulative to the extent permitted by law.

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Default and its consequences except (i) a Default in the payment of the principal amount of (or, in the case of Original Issue Discount Notes of that Series, the portion thereby specified in the terms of such Note), premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest (including, if applicable, deferred interest) on a Note of that Series, (ii) a Default arising from the failure to redeem or purchase any Note of that Series when required pursuant to the terms of this Indenture or (iii) a Default in respect of a provision that under Section 9.02 cannot be amended without the consent of each Holder of that Series affected; provided, however, that the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes of any Series may rescind an acceleration and its consequences, including any related payment default that resulted from such acceleration in accordance with Section 6.02. When a Default is waived, it shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any consequent right.

SECTION 6.05.    Control by Majority. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes of any Series may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to that Series, provided that (i) such direction shall not conflict with law or this Indenture or expose the Trustee to personal liability, or be unduly prejudicial to Holders not joining therein, and (ii) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction. Prior to taking any action hereunder, the Trustee shall be entitled to security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against all fees, losses and expenses related to taking or not taking such action. The Trustee shall be under no obligation to execute any of the rights or powers under this Indenture at the request or direction of any Holders unless such Holders have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee.

SECTION 6.06.    Limitation on Suits. Except to enforce the right to receive payment of the principal amount of (or, in the case of Original Issue Discount Notes, the portion thereby specified in the terms of such Note), premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest (including, if applicable, deferred interest) on the Notes of any Series held by such Holder when due, no Holder of a Note of that Series may pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Notes of that Series unless:

(i)    such Holder previously gives the Trustee written notice of an Event of Default with respect to the applicable Series of Notes and that Event of Default is continuing;

(ii)    the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of Outstanding Notes of such Series shall have made a written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default and offered the Trustee indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee to institute such proceeding as Trustee; and

 

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(iii)    the Trustee shall have failed to institute such proceeding for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity, and the Trustee has not been given inconsistent direction during such 60-day period by Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes of such Series at the time Outstanding.

A Holder of Notes of any Series may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder of that Series or to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder of that Series.

SECTION 6.07.    Rights of Holders to Receive Payment. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder to receive payment of the principal amount of (or, in the case of Original Issue Discount Notes, the portion thereby specified in the terms of such Note), premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest (including, if applicable, deferred interest) on the Notes held by such Holder, on or after their Maturity Dates, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after their Maturity Dates, is absolute and unconditional and shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.

SECTION 6.08.    Collection Suit by Trustee. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(1) or 6.01(2) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Issuer for the whole amount then due and owing (together with interest on any unpaid interest to the extent lawful) and the amounts provided for in Section 7.07.

SECTION 6.09.    Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. The Trustee may file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the compensation, reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Issuer and the Guarantors, their creditors or their property and shall be entitled and empowered to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same, and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee or liquidator (or other similar official) in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the compensation, reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and its counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.

SECTION 6.10.    Priorities. Any money or property collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article VI with respect to any Series of Notes shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee, and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal or interest, upon presentation of the Notes and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:

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SECOND: to Holders, for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes of that Series for the principal amount of (or, in the case of Original Issue Discount Notes of that Series, the portion thereby specified in the terms of such Note), premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest (including, if applicable, deferred interest), ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Notes of that Series for the principal amount of (or, in the case of Original Issue Discount Notes of that Series, the portion thereby specified in the terms of such Note), premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest (including, if applicable, deferred interest), respectively; and

THIRD: to the Issuer.

SECTION 6.11.    Undertaking for Costs. In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing, by any party litigant in the suit, of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 6.11 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.07 or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes of any Series.

SECTION 6.12.    Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws. The Issuer (to the extent it may lawfully do so) agrees that it shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim to take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Issuer (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and shall not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but shall suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

ARTICLE VII

TRUSTEE

SECTION 7.01.    Duties of Trustee. (a) If an Event of Default, if applicable, has occurred and is continuing with respect to any Series of Notes, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in the exercise thereof, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.

 

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(b)    Except during the continuance of an Event of Default with respect to any Series of Notes:

(1)    the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture with respect to the Notes of that Series, as modified or supplemented by a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officers’ Certificate, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and

(2)    in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may, with respect to Notes of that Series, conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture. However, in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein).

(c)    No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that:

(1)    this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this Section 7.01;

(2)    the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;

(3)    the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.05; and

(4)    no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds to believe that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.

(d)    Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section 7.01.

(e)    The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Issuer.

 

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(f)    Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

SECTION 7.02.    Rights of Trustee. (a) The Trustee may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon, any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, notice, report, bond, request, direction, consent, order or other document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper Person or Persons. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.

(b)    Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers’ Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on the Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.

(c)    The Trustee may act through agents or attorneys and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent or attorney appointed by it with due care. No Depositary shall be deemed an agent of the Trustee, and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any act or omission by any Depositary.

(d)    The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers; provided, however, that the Trustee’s conduct does not constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct.

(e)    The Trustee may consult with counsel of its choice, and the advice or opinion of counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder in reliance thereon.

(f)    Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any demand, request, direction or notice from the Issuer shall be sufficient if signed by an Officer of the Issuer, and the Trustee may rely thereon.

(g)    The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default with respect to the Notes of any Series unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of such a Default is received by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references such Notes and this Indenture and states that it is a notice of Default.

(h)    The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee hereunder, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to and shall be enforceable by the Trustee in each of its capacities.

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security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against the fees, costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by the Trustee in compliance with such request or direction.

(j)    The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Issuer, personally or by agent or attorney.

(k)    The Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered, or omitted to be taken by it in good faith and reasonably believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.

(l)    The Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the performance of its duties or powers hereunder.

(m)    The Trustee may request that the Issuer deliver a certificate of incumbency setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture.

(n)    In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or other force majeure events, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall use commercially reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.

(o)    The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the U.S.A. Patriot Act, as amended, the Trustee, in accordance with requirements applicable to financial institutions, is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Trustee. Each party to this Indenture agrees that it will provide the Trustee with such information as the Trustee may request in order for the Trustee to comply with the requirements of the U.S.A. Patriot Act applicable to the Trustee.

(p)    The Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for special, indirect, punitive or consequential losses or damages (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.

 

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(q)    Whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officers’ Certificate.

SECTION 7.03.    Individual Rights of Trustee. The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Issuer or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Paying Agent, Registrar or co-paying agent may do the same with like rights. However, the Trustee must comply with Sections 7.10 and 7.11.

SECTION 7.04.    Trustees Disclaimer. The Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes, it shall not be accountable for the Issuer’s use of the proceeds from the Notes, and it shall not be responsible for any statement of the Issuer or the Guarantors in this Indenture, in the Notes or in any document executed in connection with the sale of the Notes, other than those set forth in the Trustee’s certificate of authentication. The recitals contained herein and in the Notes shall be taken as the statements of the Issuer and the Guarantors, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness.

SECTION 7.05.    Notice of Defaults. If a Default with respect to Notes of any Series occurs and is continuing and if it is actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail (or electronically deliver if held by DTC) to each Holder of that Series notice of the Default within 60 days after such default is actually known to such Responsible Officer of the Trustee, unless such Default shall have been cured or waived. The Trustee may withhold the notice (except in the case of a Default in payment of principal, premium or interest) if and so long as the Trustee determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of the Holders of such Series of Notes.

SECTION 7.06.    Reports by Trustee to Holders. If this Indenture is qualified under the TIA, unless otherwise specified in the applicable Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officers’ Certificate, within 60 days after each October 2 beginning with October 2, 2020 for so long as Notes remain Outstanding, the Trustee shall mail or otherwise deliver to each Holder a brief report dated as of such reporting date in accordance with and to the extent required under § 313(a) of the TIA. The Trustee shall also comply with § 313(b)(2) of the TIA.

A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Holders shall be filed with each stock exchange (if any) on which the Notes are listed, if required by the rules of such stock exchange. The Issuer agrees to notify promptly the Trustee whenever the Notes become listed on any stock exchange and of any delisting thereof.

SECTION 7.07.    Compensation and Indemnity. The Issuer and the Guarantors shall pay to the Trustee from time to time compensation for all services rendered by the Trustee as the Issuer and the Trustee shall agree in writing. The Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of

 

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an express trust. The Issuer and the Guarantors shall reimburse the Trustee upon request for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by it in accordance with any provision of this Indenture, including costs of collection and the fees, expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel, in addition to the compensation for its services. The Issuer and the Guarantors shall indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee and its officers, directors, employees and agents against any and all loss, liability or expense incurred on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance, administration or enforcement of this trust, including the costs and expenses of enforcing (including this Section 7.07) or defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder. The Trustee shall notify the Issuer of any claim for which it may seek indemnity promptly upon obtaining actual knowledge thereof; provided, however, that any failure to so notify the Issuer shall not relieve the Issuer and the Guarantors of their indemnity obligations hereunder. None of the Issuer or the Guarantors shall have any obligation to reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss, liability or expense incurred by an indemnified party attributable to such party’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct.

To secure the Issuer’s and the Guarantors’ payment obligations in this Section 7.07, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, other than money or property held in trust to pay the principal of and/or interest on particular Notes.

The Issuer’s and Guarantors’ payment obligations pursuant to this Section 7.07 shall survive the satisfaction or discharge of this Indenture or the resignation or removal of the Trustee. When the Trustee incurs expenses after the occurrence of a Default specified in Section 6.01(6) or 6.01(7) with respect to the Issuer, the expenses are intended to constitute expenses of administration under the Bankruptcy Law.

SECTION 7.08.    Replacement of Trustee. The Trustee may resign with respect to the Notes of any Series by so notifying the Issuer in writing at least 30 days prior to the date of the proposed resignation. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes of any Series may remove the Trustee and may appoint a successor Trustee with respect to such Series of Notes by so notifying the Trustee and the Issuer in writing not less than 30 days prior to the effective date of such removal. The Issuer shall remove the Trustee with respect to Notes of one or more Series if:

(1)    the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10;

(2)    the Trustee is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent;

(3)    a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or

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If the Trustee resigns, is removed by the Issuer or by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes of any Series and such Holders do not reasonably promptly appoint a successor Trustee or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason (the Trustee in such event being referred to herein as the retiring Trustee), the Issuer shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee.

A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Issuer. Thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee with respect to each Series of Notes for which it is acting as Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Trustee shall mail or otherwise deliver a notice of its succession to Holders of that Series of Notes. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, subject to the lien provided for in Section 7.07.

If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee or the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Notes of that Series may petition, at the expense of the Issuer, any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10, any Holder of that Series of Notes may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.

Notwithstanding the replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.08, the Issuer’s obligations under Section 7.07 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee with respect to fees, expenses and liabilities incurred by it prior to such replacement.

SECTION 7.09.    Successor Trustee by Merger. If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business or assets to, another Person, the resulting, surviving or transferee Person without any further act shall be the successor Trustee.

In case at the time such successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation to the Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by this Indenture any of the Notes shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor trustee, and deliver such Notes so authenticated; and if at that time any of the Notes shall not have been authenticated, any such successor to the Trustee may authenticate such Notes either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor to the Trustee; and in all such cases such certificates shall have the full force which it is anywhere in the Notes or in this Indenture provided that the certificate of the Trustee shall have.

SECTION 7.10.    Eligibility; Disqualification. The Trustee shall at all times satisfy the requirements of TIA § 310(a)(1), (2) and (5). The Trustee shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $25,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition. The Trustee shall comply with TIA § 310(b); provided, however, that there shall be excluded from the operation of TIA § 310(b)(1) the

 

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following: (i) the indenture, dated as of May 14, 2014, between AerCap Ireland Capital Limited, as Irish issuer, AerCap Global Aviation Trust, as U.S. issuer, AerCap Holdings N.V., the guarantors party thereto and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, as amended or supplemented from time to time, (iii) each Series of Notes issued under this Indenture and (iv) any other indenture or indentures under which other securities or certificates of interest or participation in other securities of the Issuer are outstanding if the requirements for such exclusion set forth in TIA § 310(b)(1) are met.

SECTION 7.11.    Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Issuer and the Guarantors. The Trustee shall comply with TIA § 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA § 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or has been removed shall be subject to TIA § 311(a) to the extent indicated.

ARTICLE VIII

LEGAL DEFEASANCE, COVENANT DEFEASANCE

AND SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

SECTION 8.01.     Option To Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. The Issuer may, at any time, elect to have either Section 8.02 or 8.03 be applied to all Outstanding Notes of any Series upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article VIII.

SECTION 8.02.    Legal Defeasance and Discharge. Upon the Issuer’s exercise under Section 8.01 of the option applicable to this Section 8.02 with respect to any Series of Notes, the Issuer shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04, be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to all Outstanding Notes of that Series on the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, “Legal Defeasance”). For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Issuer shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by the Outstanding Notes, which shall thereafter be deemed to be “Outstanding” only for the purposes of Section 8.05 and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in (a) and (b) below, and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such Notes and this Indenture (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following provisions which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder:

(a)    the Issuer’s obligations with respect to such Notes of that Series under Sections 2.05, 2.06, 2.08 and 2.09;

(b)    the rights, indemnities and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and the Issuer’s and the Guarantors’ obligations in connection therewith (including, but not limited to, the rights of the Trustee and the duties of the Issuer and the Guarantors under Section 7.07, which shall survive despite the satisfaction in full of all obligations hereunder); and

 

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(c)    Sections 8.02, 8.04, 8.05, 8.06, 8.07, 8.08 and 11.11.

Subject to compliance with this Article VIII, the Issuer may exercise its option under this Section 8.02 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 8.03. In the event that the Issuer terminates all of its obligations under the Notes and this Indenture (with respect to such Series of Notes) by exercising the Legal Defeasance option or the Covenant Defeasance option, the obligations of each Guarantor under its Guarantee of such Notes shall be terminated simultaneously with the termination of such obligations.

SECTION 8.03.    Covenant Defeasance. Upon the Issuer’s exercise under Section 8.01 of the option applicable to this Section 8.03 with respect to any Series of Notes, the Issuer shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04, be released from its obligations under the covenants contained in Sections 4.02, 4.04 and 4.05 (if applicable to such Series) and any covenants made applicable to the Series of Notes which are subject to defeasance under the terms of a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officers’ Certificate with respect to the Outstanding Notes of that Series on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 are satisfied (hereinafter, “Covenant Defeasance”), and the Notes of that Series shall thereafter be deemed not “Outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but shall continue to be deemed “Outstanding” for all other purposes hereunder (it being understood that such Notes shall not be deemed Outstanding for accounting purposes). For this purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the Outstanding Notes of that Series, the Issuer may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 6.01, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Notes shall be unaffected thereby. In addition, upon the Issuer’s exercise under Section 8.01 of the option applicable to this Section 8.03 with respect to any Series of Notes, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04, Sections 6.01(3) (only with respect to defeased covenants hereunder), 6.01(4) and 6.01(5) shall not constitute Events of Default with respect to such Notes. In the event that the Issuer terminates all of its obligations under the Notes and this Indenture (with respect to such Series of Notes) by exercising the Legal Defeasance option or the Covenant Defeasance option, the obligations of each Guarantor under its Guarantee of such Notes shall be terminated simultaneously with the termination of such obligations.

 

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SECTION 8.04.    Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance. The following shall be the conditions to the application of either Section 8.02 or 8.03 to the Outstanding Notes:

In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance with respect to any Series of Notes:

(1)    the Issuer must irrevocably deposit or cause to be irrevocably deposited with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders of that Series of Notes, cash in Dollars, noncallable U.S. Government Obligations, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Outstanding Notes of that Series on the stated date for payment thereof or on the applicable redemption date, as the case may be;

(2)    in the case of an election under Section 8.02, the Issuer shall have delivered, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from outside counsel which need not meet the requirements of Sections 11.04 and 11.05 stating that (A) the Issuer has received from, or there has been published by, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (B) since the date of this Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable U.S. federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion of counsel shall state that, the beneficial owners of the Outstanding Notes of that Series will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred;

(3)    in the case of an election under Section 8.03, the Issuer shall have delivered, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from outside counsel which need not meet the requirements of Sections 11.04 and 11.05 stating that the beneficial owners of the Outstanding Notes of that Series will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;

(4)    the Issuer shall have delivered, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from outside counsel which need not meet the requirements of Sections 11.04 and 11.05 stating that the beneficial owners of the Outstanding Notes of that Series will not recognize income, gain or loss for income tax purposes in the jurisdiction of tax residence of the Issuer as a result of such defeasance and will be subject to income tax in such jurisdiction on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such transaction had not occurred;

(5)    no Default or Event of Default, if applicable to such Series, shall have occurred and be continuing on the date the Issuer makes such deposits (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit or the granting of liens in connection therewith);

(6)    the Issuer shall have delivered, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Issuer with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any creditors of the Issuer; and

 

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(7)    the Issuer shall have delivered, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel (which Opinion of Counsel may be subject to customary assumptions and exclusions) each stating that all conditions precedent provided for or relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance have been complied with.

SECTION 8.05.    Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions. Subject to Section 8.06, all money and noncallable U.S. Government Obligations (including any proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.04 in respect of the Outstanding Notes of the Series shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Issuer acting as Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Notes of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium, if any, and interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

The Issuer and the Guarantors shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the cash or noncallable U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 8.04 or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the Outstanding Notes of that Series.

Anything in this Article VIII to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Issuer from time to time upon the written request of the Issuer any money or noncallable U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 8.04 which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee (which may be the opinion delivered under Section 8.04(1)), are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

SECTION 8.06.    Repayment to the Issuer. Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Issuer, in trust for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, and premium, if any, or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Issuer on its request or, if then held by the Issuer, shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter look only to the Issuer for payment thereof as general creditors, unless an applicable abandoned property law designates another person, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Issuer as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Issuer cause to be published once, in The New York Times or The Wall Street Journal (national edition),

 

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notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such notification or publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Issuer.

SECTION 8.07.    Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. If at any time:

(a)    either:

(i)    all Notes of a series theretofore authenticated and delivered, except lost, stolen or destroyed Notes that have been replaced or paid and Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust, have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or

(ii)    all Notes of such series not theretofore delivered to such Trustee for cancellation have become due and payable by reason of the making of a notice of redemption or otherwise or will become due and payable within one year, and the Issuer has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with such Trustee as trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the Holders, cash in U.S. dollars, U.S. Government Obligations, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient without consideration of any reinvestment of interest to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation for principal, premium, if any, and accrued interest to the date of maturity or redemption;

(b)    the Issuer has paid or caused to be paid all sums payable under this Indenture;

(c)    the Issuer has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee to apply the deposited money toward the payment of such Notes at maturity or the redemption date, as the case may be; and

(d)    the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel and an Officers’ Certificate, each stating that all conditions precedent relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to such Series have been complied with,

then this Indenture shall thereupon cease to be of further effect with respect to such Series except for the rights, indemnities and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and the Issuer’s and the Guarantors’ obligations in connection therewith (including, but not limited to, the rights of the Trustee and the duties of the Issuer and the Guarantors under Section 7.07, which shall survive despite the satisfaction in full of all obligations hereunder) and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to this Section 8.07:

(i)    the Issuer’s obligations with respect to such Notes of that Series under Sections 2.05, 2.06, 2.08 and 2.09;

 

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(ii)    the agreements of the Issuer and the Guarantors set forth in Article V; and

(iii)    Sections 8.02, 8.04, 8.05, 8.06, 8.07, 8.08 and 11.11,

shall each survive until the Notes have been paid in full.

Upon the Issuer’s exercise of this Section 8.07, the Trustee, on demand of the Issuer and at the cost and expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction of and discharging this Indenture with respect to such Series.

SECTION 8.08.    Reinstatement. If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any Dollars or noncallable U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with this Article VIII, by reason of any order or judgment of any court or Governmental Authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Issuer’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article VIII until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance this Article VIII; provided, however, that, if the Issuer makes any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Note following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Issuer shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

ARTICLE IX

AMENDMENTS

SECTION 9.01.    Without Consent of Holders. The Issuer and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Notes without the consent of any Holder:

(1)    to cure any ambiguity, defect, omission or inconsistency (as reasonably determined by the Issuer);

(2)    to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to, or in place of, certificated Notes;

(3)    to evidence the succession of another Person to the Issuer or a Guarantor pursuant to Article V and the assumption by such successor of the obligations in this Indenture and in the Notes to Holders of such Notes pursuant to Article V;

(4)    to make any changes that would provide additional rights or benefits to the Holders of Notes of a Series that do not adversely affect the legal rights under this Indenture of any such Holder (as reasonably determined by the Issuer), including to add to the covenants of the Issuer and the Guarantors such further covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions for the protection of the

 

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Holders of all or any Series of Notes as the Board of Directors of the Issuer shall consider to be for the protection of the Holders of such Notes, to secure the Notes or to make the occurrence, or the occurrence and continuance, of a default in respect of any such additional covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions a Default or an Event of Default under this Indenture; provided, however, that with respect to any such additional covenant, restriction, condition or provision, such amendment may provide for a period of grace after Default, which may be shorter or longer than that allowed in the case of other Defaults or may provide for an immediate enforcement upon such Default;

(5)    to modify or amend this Indenture in such a manner as to comply with the requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture or any supplemental indenture hereto under the TIA;

(6)    to add Guarantors under this Indenture in accordance with the terms of this Indenture;

(7)    to provide for the issuance of additional Notes in accordance with this Indenture;

(8)    to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment by a successor or separate Trustee with respect to the Notes of one or more Series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of this Indenture by more than one Trustee;

(9)    to conform the text of this Indenture or the Notes to any provision of the section “Description of Notes” in any prospectus or offering memorandum relating to the initial offering of the Notes, to the extent that such provision was intended by the Issuer to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of this Indenture, which intent shall be evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee;

(10)    to secure the Notes;

(11)    to establish the form or terms of Notes and coupons of any Series pursuant to Article II;

(12)    to add to, change, or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture with respect to one or more Series of Notes, so long as any such addition, change or elimination not otherwise permitted under this Indenture shall (A) neither apply to any Note of any Series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture and entitled to the benefit of such provision nor modify the rights of the Holders of any such Note with respect to the benefit of such provision or (B) become effective only when there is no such Note Outstanding; or

 

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(13)    to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision of this Indenture inconsistent with other provisions or make any other provision that does not adversely affect the interests of Holders in any material respect, as determined by the Issuer.

SECTION 9.02.    With Consent of Holders. The Issuer and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Notes of any Series without notice to any Holder but with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes affected by such amendment or supplement, voting as a single group (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for the Notes), by execution of a supplemental indenture hereto; provided that any amendment or supplement that affects the terms of any Series of Notes as distinct from any other Series of Notes shall require the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes of such Series of Notes. However, without the consent of each Holder affected, an amendment or supplement may not:

(1)    change the Stated Maturity Date of the principal of or any installment of principal or interest on any Note;

(2)    reduce the principal amount payable of, or the rate of interest on, any Note;

(3)    change the date on which any Notes may be subject to redemption, or reduce the redemption price therefor;

(4)    reduce any premium payable;

(5)    make any Note payable in a currency other than U.S. Dollars;

(6)    impair the right of the Holders of such Series of Notes to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or after the Stated Maturity Date thereof;

(7)    release the Guarantee of any Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary other than in accordance with Section 10.03;

(8)    amend, change or modify any provision of this Indenture affecting the ranking of a Series of Notes in a manner adverse to the Holders of such Series of Notes; or

(9)    make any change in the preceding amendment, supplement or waiver provisions.

It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or supplement, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof. After an amendment or supplement under this Section 9.02 becomes effective, the Issuer shall mail or otherwise deliver to all affected Holders a notice briefly describing such amendment or supplement.

 

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The failure to give such notice to all such Holders, or any defect therein, shall not impair or affect the validity of an amendment or supplement under this Section.

SECTION 9.03.    Revocation and Effect of Consents and Waivers. A consent to an amendment, supplement or a waiver by a Holder of a Note shall bind the Holder and every subsequent Holder of that Note or portion of the Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Note, even if notation of the consent or waiver is not made on the Note. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent or waiver as to such Holder’s Note or portion of the Note if the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date the amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective. After an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, it shall bind every Holder of each Series affected by such amendment, supplement or waiver.

SECTION 9.04.    Notation on or Exchange of Notes. If an amendment changes the terms of a Note, the Trustee may require the Holder of the Note to deliver it to the Trustee. The Trustee may place an appropriate notation on the Note regarding the changed terms and return it to the Holder. Alternatively, if the Trustee or the Issuer so determine, the Issuer in exchange for the Note shall issue and the Trustee, upon a Company Order, shall authenticate a new Note that reflects the changed terms. Failure to make the appropriate notation or to issue a new Note shall not affect the validity of such amendment.

SECTION 9.05.    Trustee to Sign Amendments. Upon the request of the Issuer, the Trustee shall sign any amendment, supplement or waiver authorized pursuant to this Article IX if the amendment, supplement or waiver does not affect the rights, duties or immunities of the Trustee under this Indenture or otherwise. If it does, the Trustee may, but need not, sign it. In signing any amendment, supplement or waiver the Trustee shall be provided with and shall be fully protected in relying upon an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that the execution of such amendment, supplement or waiver is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee shall also be entitled to request indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it in connection with signing an amendment, supplement or waiver.

SECTION 9.06.    Payment for Consent. None of the Issuer or any Affiliate of the Issuer shall, directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any consideration, whether by way of interest, fee or otherwise, to any Holder for or as an inducement to any consent, waiver or amendment of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture or the Notes unless such consideration is offered to be paid to all Holders, ratably, that so consent, waive or agree to amend in the time frame set forth in solicitation documents relating to such consent, waiver or agreement. The Trustee shall have no duty or obligation with respect to the Issuer’s obligations under this Section 9.06.

 

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ARTICLE X

GUARANTEES

SECTION 10.01.    Guarantees.

(a)    Each Guarantor hereby jointly and severally, irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees, as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety, to each Holder and the Trustee and their successors and assigns (i) the full and punctual payment when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, if applicable, redemption or otherwise, of all obligations of the Issuers under this Indenture (including obligations to the Trustee) and the Notes, whether for payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, if any, the Notes and all other monetary obligations of the Issuers under this Indenture and the Notes (subject in the case of interest, to any right the Issuer may have to forgo or defer the payment thereof as contemplated by Section 2.02) and (ii) the full and punctual performance within applicable grace periods of all other obligations of the Issuer whether for fees, expenses, indemnification or otherwise under this Indenture and the Notes, on the terms set forth in this Indenture by executing this Indenture (all the foregoing being hereinafter collectively called the “Guaranteed Obligations”). Each Guarantor further agrees that the Guaranteed Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice or further assent from each such Guarantor, and that each such Guarantor shall remain bound under this Article X notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Guaranteed Obligation.

(b)    Each Guarantor waives presentation to, demand of payment from and protest to the Issuer of any of the Guaranteed Obligations and also waives notice of protest for nonpayment. Each Guarantor waives notice of any Default under the Notes or the Guaranteed Obligations.

(c)    Each Guarantor further agrees that its Guarantee herein constitutes a guarantee of payment, performance and compliance when due (and not a guarantee of collection) and waives any right to require that any resort be had by any Holder or the Trustee to any security held for payment of the Guaranteed Obligations.

(d)    Except as expressly set forth in Section 10.02, the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason, including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not be subject to any defense of setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever or by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or otherwise.

(e)    Subject to Section 10.02, each Guarantor agrees that its Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect until payment in full of all the Guaranteed Obligations. Each Guarantor further agrees that its Guarantee herein shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment of, or any part thereof, principal of, or interest on any Guaranteed Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by any Holder or the Trustee upon the bankruptcy or reorganization

 

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of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or otherwise (subject in the case of interest, to any right the Issuer may have to forgo or defer the payment thereof as contemplated by Section 2.02).

(f)    In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which any Holder or the Trustee has at law or in equity against any Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the Issuer to pay the principal of, or interest on (subject to any right the Issuer may have to forgo or defer the payment of interest as contemplated by Section 2.02), any Guaranteed Obligation when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, if applicable, redemption or otherwise, or to perform or comply with any other Guaranteed Obligation, each Guarantor hereby promises to and shall, upon receipt of written demand by the Trustee, forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, in cash, to the Trustee an amount equal to the sum of (i) the unpaid principal amount of such Guaranteed Obligations, (ii) if applicable, accrued and unpaid interest (including, if applicable, deferred interest) on such Guaranteed Obligations (but only to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) and (iii) all other monetary obligations of the Issuers to the Trustee.

(g)    Each Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Trustee in respect of any Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all Guaranteed Obligations. Subject to the inapplicability of Sections 6.01 and 6.02 as contemplated by Section 2.02, each Guarantor further agrees that, as between it, on the one hand, and the Trustee, on the other hand, if applicable, (i) the maturity of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article VI for the purposes of any Guarantee herein, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby, and (ii) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such Guaranteed Obligations as provided in Article VI, such Guaranteed Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by such Guarantor for purposes of this Section 10.01.

(h)    Each Guarantor also agrees to pay any and all fees, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by the Trustee or any Holder in enforcing any rights under this Section 10.01.

(i)    Each Guarantor shall promptly execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purpose of this Indenture.

SECTION 10.02.    Limitation on Liability.

(a)    Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of Notes, each Holder, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the Guarantee of such Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law to the extent applicable to any Guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Trustee, the Holders and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably

 

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agree that, any term or provision of this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum aggregate amount of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereunder by any Guarantor shall not exceed the maximum amount that can be hereby guaranteed without rendering this Indenture, as it relates to such Guarantor, voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally. Each Guarantor that makes a payment under its Guarantee shall be entitled upon payment in full of all Guaranteed Obligations under this Indenture to a contribution from each other Guarantor in an amount equal to such other Guarantor’s pro rata portion of such payment based on the respective net assets of all the Guarantors at the time of such payment determined in accordance with GAAP.

(b)    Irish Guarantor Limitations. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Article X, the Guarantee provided by any Guarantor incorporated under the laws of Ireland (an “Irish Guarantor”) does not apply to any liability or indebtedness to the extent that it would result in the Guarantee constituting unlawful financial assistance within the meaning of Section 60 of the Irish Companies Act 1963.

SECTION 10.03.    Releases. A Guarantee as to any Guarantor shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged upon: (a) (i) any sale, exchange, disposition or transfer (including through consolidation, amalgamation, merger or otherwise) of (x) the Capital Stock of such Guarantor, after which such Guarantor is no longer a Subsidiary, or (y) all or substantially all the assets of such Guarantor; (ii) other than with respect to each Guarantor that is a party to this Indenture on the date of this Indenture, the release, discharge or termination of the guarantee by such Guarantor that resulted in the obligation of such Guarantor to Guarantee the Notes, except a release, discharge or termination by or as a result of payment under such guarantee; (iii) the consolidation, amalgamation or merger of any Guarantor with and into the Issuer or another Guarantor that is the surviving Person in such consolidation, amalgamation or merger, or upon the liquidation of such Guarantor following the transfer of all of its assets to the Issuer or another Guarantor; or (iv) pursuant to Article VIII, the Issuer exercising its legal defeasance option or covenant defeasance option or the Issuer’s obligations under this Indenture being discharged; and (b) if evidence of such release and discharge is requested to be executed by the Trustee, the Issuer delivering, or causing to be delivered, to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to such transaction, the release of the Guarantee and the execution of such evidence by the Trustee have been complied with.

SECTION 10.04.    Successors and Assigns. This Article X shall be binding upon each Guarantor and its successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Trustee and the Holders and, in the event of any transfer or assignment of rights by any Holder or the Trustee, the rights and privileges conferred upon that party in this Indenture and in the Notes shall automatically extend to and be vested in such transferee or assignee, all subject to the terms and conditions of this Indenture.

 

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SECTION 10.05.    No Waiver. Neither a failure nor a delay on the part of either the Trustee or the Holders in exercising any right, power or privilege under this Article X shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall a single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise of any right, power or privilege. The rights, remedies and benefits of the Trustee and the Holders herein expressly specified are cumulative and not exclusive of any other rights, remedies or benefits which either may have under this Article X at law, in equity, by statute or otherwise.

SECTION 10.06.    Execution of Supplemental Indenture for Future Guarantors. Each Subsidiary that becomes a Guarantor pursuant to Section 9.01(6) shall promptly execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto pursuant to which such Subsidiary shall become a Guarantor under this Article X and shall guarantee the Guaranteed Obligations. Concurrently with the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture, the Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that such supplemental indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Subsidiary and that, subject to the application of bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or transfer and other similar laws relating to creditors’ rights generally and to the principles of equity, whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity, the Guarantee of such Guarantor is a valid and binding obligation of such Guarantor, enforceable against such Guarantor in accordance with its terms.

SECTION 10.07.    Non-Impairment. The failure to endorse a Guarantee on any Notes shall not affect or impair the validity thereof.

SECTION 10.08.    Benefits Acknowledged. Each Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by this Indenture and that the Guarantee and waivers made by it pursuant to its Guarantee are knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.

ARTICLE XI

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 11.01.    Trust Indenture Act Controls. If this Indenture is qualified under the TIA and any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision which is required or deemed to be included in this Indenture by the TIA, the required or deemed provision shall control.

 

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SECTION 11.02.    Notices. Any notice or communication shall be in writing and delivered in person or mailed by first-class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), electronic mail (unless such notice is to the Trustee) or facsimile transmission (unless such notice is to the Issuer and its counsel) or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery addressed as follows:

If to the Issuer:

AerCap House

65 St. Stephen’s Green

Dublin D02 YX20, Ireland

Attention: Legal Department

Email: gchase@aercap.com

with copies for information purposes only to

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

Worldwide Plaza

825 Eighth Avenue

New York, NY 10019-7475

Attention: Craig F. Arcella

Email: CArcella@cravath.com

If to the Trustee:

Wilmington Trust, National Association

Corporate Capital Markets

50 South Sixth Street, Suite 1290

Minneapolis, MN 55402

Attention: AerCap Holdings N.V.

Facsimile: (612) 217-5651

The Issuer or the Trustee by notice to the other may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

Any notice or communication mailed to a Holder shall be mailed by first-class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested) to the Holder at the Holder’s address as it appears on the registration books of the Registrar and shall be sufficiently given if so mailed within the time prescribed (or otherwise in accordance with the procedures of DTC).

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture or any Notes, where this Indenture or any Note provides for notice of any event (including any notice of redemption) to a Holder of a Global Note (whether by mail or otherwise), such notice shall be sufficiently given if given to the Depositary for such Note (or its designee) pursuant to the customary procedures of such Depositary.

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SECTION 11.03.    Communication by Holders with Other Holders. Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA § 312(b) with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The Issuer, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA § 312(c).

SECTION 11.04.    Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent. Upon any request or application by the Issuer to the Trustee to take or refrain from taking any action under this Indenture, the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee:

(1)    an Officers’ Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and

(2)    an Opinion of Counsel stating that all such conditions precedent have been complied with.

SECTION 11.05.    Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion. Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a covenant or condition provided for in this Indenture shall include:

(1)    a statement that the individual making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition (and the related definitions);

(2)    a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;

(3)    a statement that, in the opinion of such individual, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and

(4)    a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such individual, such covenant or condition has been complied with.

SECTION 11.06.    Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar. The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or a meeting of Holders. The Registrar and the Paying Agent may make reasonable rules for their functions.

SECTION 11.07.    Legal Holidays. Unless otherwise provide by Board Resolution, Officers’ Certificate or supplemental indenture hereto for any particular Series, a “Legal Holiday” is a day that is not a Business Day. If a payment date is a Legal Holiday, payment shall be made on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period. If a Regular Record Date is a Legal Holiday, the record date shall not be affected.

 

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SECTION 11.08.    Governing Law. THIS INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK BUT WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ANY PRINCIPLES OR RULES THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF THE LAW OF ANY JURISDICTION.

SECTION 11.09.    Agent for Service of Process. By the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Issuer and the Guarantors (i) acknowledge that the Issuer and the Guarantors not organized in a state of the United States has, by separate written instrument, irrevocably designated and appointed CT Corporation System, with offices at 111 Eighth Avenue, New York, New York, 10011 (together with any successor, the “Agent for Service”), as their authorized agent upon which process may be served in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Indenture or the Notes that may be instituted in any U.S. Federal or state court in the State of New York, or brought under U.S. Federal or state securities laws, and acknowledge that the Agent for Service has accepted such designation and (ii) agree that service of process upon the Agent for Service (or any successor) shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Issuer or any Guarantors in any such suit or proceeding. The Issuer and the Guarantors further agree to take any and all action, including the execution and filing of any and all such documents and instruments, as may be necessary to continue such designation and appointment of the Agent for Service in full force and effect so long as any of the Notes shall be outstanding.

SECTION 11.10.    Waiver of Immunity. To the extent the Issuer or any of the Guarantors or any of their respective properties, assets or revenues may have or may hereafter become entitled to, or have attributed to it, any right of immunity, on the grounds of sovereignty or otherwise, from any legal action, suit or proceeding, from the giving of any relief in any such legal action, suit or proceeding, from set-off or counterclaim, from the competent jurisdiction of any court, from service of process, from attachment upon or prior to judgment, from attachment in aid of execution of judgment, or from execution of judgment, or other legal process or proceeding for the giving of any relief or for the enforcement of any judgment, in any competent jurisdiction in which proceedings may at any time be commenced, with respect to its obligations, liabilities or any other matter under or arising out of or in connection with this Indenture, the Notes or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, the Issuer and each of the Guarantors hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, and agrees not to plead or claim, any such immunity and consent to such relief and enforcement.

SECTION 11.11.    Judgment Currency. The Issuer and each Guarantor agrees to indemnify the recipient against any loss incurred by such recipient as a result of any judgment or order being given or made against the Issuer or any Guarantor for any amount due hereunder and such judgment or order being expressed and paid in a currency (the “Judgment Currency”) other than United States dollars and as a result of any variation as between (i) the rate of exchange at which the United States dollar amount is converted into the Judgment Currency for the purpose of such judgment or order, and (ii) the rate of exchange in The City of New York at which such party on the date of payment of such judgment or order is able to purchase United States dollars with the amount of the Judgment Currency actually received by such party if such party had

 

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utilized such amount of Judgment Currency to purchase United States dollars as promptly as practicable upon such party’s receipt thereof. The foregoing indemnity shall constitute a separate and independent obligation of the Issuer and each Guarantor and shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding any such judgment or order as aforesaid. The term “rate of exchange” shall include any premiums and costs of exchange payable in connection with the purchase of, or conversion into, the relevant currency.

SECTION 11.12.    No Recourse Against Others. No director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder, as such, of the Issuer or its Subsidiaries shall have any liability for any obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors under the Notes, this Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Note, each Holder shall waive and release all such liability. This waiver and release shall be part of the consideration for the issuance of the Notes.

SECTION 11.13.    Successors. All agreements of the Issuer and the Guarantors in this Indenture and the Notes shall bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors.

SECTION 11.14.    Multiple Originals; Electronic Signatures. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. The exchange of copies of this Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.

SECTION 11.15.    Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE ISSUER, THE GUARANTORS AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

SECTION 11.16.    Table of Contents; Headings. The table of contents, cross-reference sheet and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not intended to be considered a part hereof and shall not modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

SECTION 11.17.    Severability. If any provision in this Indenture is deemed unenforceable, it shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision set forth herein, or of this Indenture as a whole.

SECTION 11.18.    Submission to Jurisdiction and Venue. (A) ALL JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS BROUGHT AGAINST ANY PARTY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING HERETO MAY BE BROUGHT IN ANY STATE OR FEDERAL COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION IN THE STATE, COUNTY AND CITY

 

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OF NEW YORK AND (B) BY EXECUTING AND DELIVERING THIS INDENTURE, EACH OF THE ISSUER AND THE GUARANTORS, FOR ITSELF AND IN CONNECTION WITH ITS PROPERTIES, (I) IRREVOCABLY, EXCEPT WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW, (1) SUBMITS TO AND ACCEPTS GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION AND VENUE OF SUCH COURTS AND (2) WAIVES ANY OBJECTION TO ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING THAT MAY BE BROUGHT IN CONNECTION WITH THIS INDENTURE OR THE NOTES, INCLUDING SUCH ACTIONS, SUITS OR PROCEEDINGS RELATING TO SECURITIES LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OR ANY STATE THEREOF, IN SUCH COURTS WHETHER ON THE GROUNDS OF VENUE, RESIDENCE OR DOMICILE OR ON THE GROUND THAT ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN ANY INCONVENIENT FORUM, (II) AGREES THAT SERVICE OF ALL PROCESS IN ANY SUCH PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT MAY BE MADE BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, TO THE APPLICABLE PARTY, (III) AGREES THAT SERVICE AS PROVIDED ABOVE IS SUFFICIENT TO CONFER PERSONAL JURISDICTION OVER THE APPLICABLE PARTY IN ANY SUCH PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT, AND OTHERWISE CONSTITUTES EFFECTIVE AND BINDING SERVICE IN EVERY RESPECT, AND (IV) AGREES EACH OTHER PARTY RETAINS THE RIGHT TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR TO BRING PROCEEDINGS AGAINST ANY PARTY IN THE COURTS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION HAVING JURISDICTION OVER SUCH PARTY.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

AERCAP HOLDINGS N.V., as Issuer,
    by  

/s/ Tamzin Lawrence

    Name:   Tamzin Lawrence
    Title:   Attorney in fact
AERCAP AVIATION SOLUTIONS B.V.,
    by  

/s/ Johan-Willem Dekkers

    Name:   Johan-Willem Dekkers
    Title:   Attorney in fact
AERCAP U.S. GLOBAL AVIATION LLC,
    by  

/s/ Thomas Kelly

    Name:   Thomas Kelly
    Title:   Director
SIGNED AND DELIVERED AS A DEED for and on behalf of AERCAP GLOBAL AVIATION TRUST, a Delaware statutory trust by AerCap Ireland Capital Limited, its Regular Trustee,
    by  

/s/ Thomas Kelly

    Name:   Thomas Kelly
    Title:   Director

[Signature Page to the Indenture]


in the presence of:
    Signature:   /s/ Helen O’Brien
    Name:   Helen Obrien
    Address:  

AerCap House

65 St. Stephen’s Green

Dublin D02 YX20, Ireland

SIGNED AND DELIVERED AS A DEED by
 

/s/ Thomas Kelly

    Name:   Thomas Kelly
As Attorney of AERCAP IRELAND CAPITAL LIMITED DESIGNATED ACTIVITY COMPANY in the presence of:
 

/s/ Helen O’Brien

    Name:   Helen O’Brien
    Title:   Admin Corporate Secretary
SIGNED AND DELIVERED AS A DEED by
 

/s/ Thomas Kelly

    Name:   Thomas Kelly

[Signature Page to the Indenture]


As Attorney of AERCAP IRELAND LIMITED in the presence of:
    by  

/s/ Helen O’Brien

    Name:   Helen O’Brien
    Title:   Admin Corporate Secretary
INTERNATIONAL LEASE FINANCE CORPORATION,
    by  

/s/ Patrick Ross

    Name:   Patrick Ross
    Title:   Vice President

[Signature Page to the Indenture]


WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee,
    by  

/s/ Jane Y. Schweiger

    Name:   Jane Y. Schweiger
    Title:   Vice President

[Signature Page to the Indenture]


EXHIBIT A

FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE FOR

ADDITIONAL GUARANTORS

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of [                ], 20[    ], among [                ] (the “Guaranteeing Subsidiary”) a subsidiary of AERCAP HOLDINGS N.V., a public limited liability company organized under the laws of the Netherlands (the “Issuer”), the Guarantors (as defined in the Indenture referred to herein) and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee under the indenture referred to below (the “Trustee”).

W I T N E S S E T H

WHEREAS, the Issuer has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (as amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Indenture”), dated as of October 1, 2019, among the Issuer, the Guarantors named therein and the Trustee, providing for the issuance from time to time of notes (the “Notes”);

WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Issuer’s obligations under the Notes and the Indenture (the “Subsidiary Guarantee”); and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee, the Issuer and the Guarantors are authorized and required to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Guaranteeing Subsidiary, the Trustee, the Issuer and the Guarantors mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:

1. Capitalized Terms. Unless otherwise defined in this Supplemental Indenture, capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

2. Agreement to be Bound; Guarantee. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby becomes a party to the Indenture as a Guarantor and as such will have all of the rights and be subject to all of the obligations (including the Guaranteed Obligations) and agreements of a Guarantor under the Indenture. In furtherance of the foregoing, the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall be deemed a Guarantor for purposes of Article X of the Indenture, including, without limitation, Section 10.02 thereof.

3. NEW YORK LAW TO GOVERN. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK BUT WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ANY PRINCIPLES OR RULES THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF THE LAW OF ANY JURISDICTION.

 

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4. Counterparts. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. The exchange of copies of this Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Supplemental Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.

5. Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

6. The Trustee. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the Guaranteeing Subsidiary and the Issuer.

7. Ratification of Indenture; Supplemental Indenture Part of Indenture. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every Holder of Notes heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed and attested, all as of the date first above written.

 

[GUARANTEEING SUBSIDIARY],
    by  

 

    Name:  
    Title:  
AERCAP HOLDINGS N.V.,
    by  

 

    Name:  
    Title:  
AERCAP AVIATION SOLUTIONS B.V.,
    by  

 

    Name:  
    Title:  
AERCAP U.S. GLOBAL AVIATION LLC,
    by  

 

    Name:  
    Title:  

 

A-3


SIGNED AND DELIVERED AS A DEED for and on behalf of AERCAP GLOBAL AVIATION TRUST, a Delaware statutory trust by AerCap Ireland Capital Limited, its Regular Trustee,
    by  

 

    Name:  
    Title:  
in the presence of:
    Signature:  
    Name:  
    Address:  
SIGNED AND DELIVERED AS A DEED by

 

    Name:  
As Attorney of AERCAP IRELAND CAPITAL LIMITED DESIGNATED ACTIVITY COMPANY in the presence of:
 

 

    Name:  
    Title:  
SIGNED AND DELIVERED AS A DEED by
 

 

    Name:  

 

A-4


As Attorney of AERCAP IRELAND LIMITED in the presence of:
    by  

 

    Name:  
    Title:  
INTERNATIONAL LEASE FINANCE CORPORATION,
    by  

 

    Name:  
    Title:  
WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee,
    by  

 

    Name:  
    Title:  

 

A-5

Exhibit 5.1

 

LOGO

October 1, 2019

AerCap Holdings N.V.

Form F-3 Registration Statement

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as special New York counsel to AerCap Holdings N.V., a public company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands (the “Issuer”), and each of the subsidiaries of the Issuer listed on Annex A to this opinion (the “Guarantors”) in connection with the preparation and filing by the Issuer and the Guarantors with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) of a registration statement on Form F-3 (the “Registration Statement”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), relating to the registration under the Act and the proposed issuance and sale from time to time pursuant to Rule 415 under the Act of debt securities of the Issuer in one or more series (the “Debt Securities”) and guarantees of the Debt Securities by the Guarantors (the “Guarantees”).

Unless otherwise provided in any prospectus supplement forming a part of the Registration Statement relating to a particular series of the Debt Securities, the Debt Securities will be issued under the Indenture, dated as of October 1, 2019 (the “Original Indenture”), among the Issuer, the Guarantors and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).

In that connection, we have examined originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such documents, corporate records and other instruments as we have deemed necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this opinion, including the Indenture.

In expressing the opinions set forth herein, we have assumed, with your consent and without independent investigation or verification, the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity and competency of all natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity to authentic original


documents of all documents submitted to us as duplicates or copies. We also have assumed, with your consent, that the Indenture (including the Guarantees therein) has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee and that the forms of the Debt Securities will conform to those included in the applicable Supplemental Indenture.

Based on the foregoing and subject to the qualifications set forth herein, we are of opinion as follows:

1. When the Debt Securities have been duly authorized by the Issuer and executed, authenticated, issued and delivered in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture, including any supplemental indenture related thereto, and the applicable definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement approved by the Issuer and the Guarantors upon payment of the consideration therefor provided for therein, such Debt Securities will be validly issued and constitute valid and binding obligations of the Issuer, enforceable against the Issuer in accordance with their terms (subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally from time to time in effect and to general principles of equity, including, without limitation, concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

2. When the Debt Securities have been duly authorized by the Issuer and executed, authenticated, issued and delivered in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture, including any supplemental indenture related thereto, and the applicable definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement approved by the Issuer and the Guarantors upon payment of the consideration therefor provided for therein, each Guarantee will constitute the valid and binding obligation of the applicable Guarantor, enforceable against such Guarantor in accordance with its terms (subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally from time to time in effect and to general principles of equity, including, without limitation, concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

We are admitted to practice only in the State of New York and express no opinion as to matters governed by any laws other than the laws of the State of New York. In particular, we do not purport to pass on any matter governed by the laws of Delaware, California, Ireland or the Netherlands. Insofar as the opinions expressed herein relate to or depend upon matters governed by the laws of other jurisdictions as they relate to the Issuer or the Guarantors, we have relied upon and assumed the correctness of, without independent investigation, the opinions of NautaDutilh N.V., Dutch counsel to the Issuer and the Guarantors, McCann FitzGerald, Irish counsel to the Issuer and the Guarantors, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Delaware counsel to the Issuer and the Guarantors, and Buchalter, a Professional Corporation, California counsel to the Issuer and the Guarantors, each of which is being delivered to you and filed with the Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.


We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Commission as Exhibit 5.1 to AerCap Holdings N.V.’s Registration Statement on Form F-3. We also consent to the reference to our firm under the caption “Legal Matters” in the prospectus constituting a part of the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are included in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

AerCap Holdings N.V.

AerCap House

65 St. Stephen’s Green

Dublin D02 YX20, Ireland


ANNEX A

Guarantors

 

Guarantors

 

Jurisdiction

AerCap Aviation Solutions B.V.   Netherlands
AerCap Global Aviation Trust   Delaware
AerCap Ireland Capital Designated Activity Company   Ireland
AerCap Ireland Limited   Ireland
AerCap U.S. Global Aviation LLC   Delaware
International Lease Finance Corporation   California

Exhibit 5.2

[Letterhead of NautaDutilh N.V., Amsterdam office]

 

Amsterdam, October 1, 2019
AerCap Holdings N.V.

AerCap House

65 St. Stephen’s Green

Dublin 2
Ireland

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Re: AerCap Holdings N.V. and AerCap Aviation Solutions B.V. – Form F-3

Capitalised terms used in this opinion letter have the meanings set forth in Exhibit A. The section headings used in this opinion letter are for convenience of reference only and are not to affect its construction or to be taken into consideration in its interpretation.

We have acted as special legal counsel as to Netherlands law to the Netherlands Companies in connection with the filing of the Registration Statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

This opinion letter is rendered to you at your request and it may only be relied upon in connection with the filing of the Registration Statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. It does not purport to address all matters of Netherlands law that may be of relevance with respect thereto. This opinion letter is strictly limited to the matters stated in it and may not be read as extending by implication to any matters not specifically referred to in it. Nothing in this opinion letter should be taken as expressing an opinion in respect of any representations or warranties, or other information, contained in the Opinion Documents or any other document reviewed by us in connection with this opinion letter, except as expressly confirmed in this opinion letter.

We consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the use of our name under the heading “Legal Matters” in the Prospectus. The previous sentence is no admittance that we are in the category of persons whose consent for the filing and reference in that paragraph is required under Section 7 of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any rules or regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated under it.

In rendering the opinions expressed in this opinion letter, we have exclusively reviewed and relied upon pdf copies of the Opinion Documents and the Corporate Documents and we have assumed that the Opinion Documents have been entered into or filed, as the case may be, for bona fide commercial reasons. We have not investigated or verified any factual matter disclosed to us in the course of our review.

This opinion letter sets out our opinion on certain matters of the laws with general applicability of the Netherlands, and, insofar as they are directly applicable in the Netherlands, of the European Union, as at today’s date and as presently interpreted under published authoritative case law of the Netherlands courts, the General Court and the Court of Justice of the European


Union. We do not express any opinion on Netherlands or European competition law, tax law or regulatory law. No undertaking is assumed on our part to revise, update or amend this opinion letter in connection with or to notify or inform you of, any developments and/or changes of Netherlands law subsequent to today’s date.

The opinions expressed in this opinion letter are to be construed and interpreted in accordance with Netherlands law. This opinion letter may only be relied upon by you, and our willingness to render this opinion letter is based, on the condition that you accept and agree that (i) the competent courts at Amsterdam, the Netherlands have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any issues of interpretation or liability arising out of or in connection with this opinion letter, (ii) any legal relationship arising out of or in connection with this opinion letter (whether contractual or non-contractual), including the above submission to jurisdiction, is governed by Netherlands law and (iii) no person other than NautaDutilh may be held liable in connection with this opinion letter.

In this opinion letter, legal concepts are expressed in English terms. The Netherlands legal concepts concerned may not be identical in meaning to the concepts described by the English terms as they exist under the law of other jurisdictions. In the event of a conflict or inconsistency, the relevant expression shall be deemed to refer only to the Netherlands legal concepts described by the English terms.

For the purposes of this opinion letter, we have assumed that:

 

a.

each copy of a document conforms to the original, each original is authentic, and each signature is the genuine signature of the individual purported to have placed that signature;

 

b.

each Deed of Incorporation is a valid notarial deed and (where applicable) each Deed of Incorporation has been executed on the basis of a valid declaration of no objection (verklaring van geen bezwaar);

 

c.

(i) at all relevant times no regulations (reglementen) have been adopted by any corporate body of any Netherlands Company, other than the Board Regulations, and (ii) the Articles of Association of each Netherlands Company are its articles of association currently in force. The Extracts support this assumption;

 

d.

none of the Netherlands Companies has (i) been dissolved (ontbonden), (ii) ceased to exist pursuant to a merger (fusie) or a division (splitsing), (iii) been converted (omgezet) into another legal form, either national or foreign, (iv) had its assets placed under administration (onder bewind gesteld), (v) been declared bankrupt (failliet verklaard) or granted a suspension of payments (surseance van betaling verleend) or (vi) been subjected to any measure pursuant to the BRRD, the SRM Regulation or the Special Measures Financial Institutions Act, as applicable or (vii) been made subject to similar proceedings in any jurisdiction or otherwise been limited in its power to dispose of its assets. The Extracts and our inquiries of today with the Insolvency Registers support the items (i) through (v) of this assumption. However, this information does not constitute conclusive evidence that the events set out in items (i) through (v) have not occurred;

 

e.

the resolutions recorded in the Resolutions are (and were at all relevant times) in full force and effect, and the factual statements made and the confirmations given in the Resolutions are (and were at all relevant times) complete and correct;


f.

each Power of Attorney (i) is (and was at all relevant times) in full force and effect, and (ii) under any applicable law other than Netherlands law, validly authorized and authorizes the person or persons purported to be granted power of attorney, to represent and bind the relevant Netherlands Company for the purposes stated therein.

Based upon and subject to the foregoing and subject to the qualifications set forth in this opinion letter and to any matters, documents or events not disclosed to us, we express the following opinions:

Corporate Status

 

1.

AerCap Holdings N.V. has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a naamloze vennootschap (public company with limited liability).

 

2.

AerCap Aviation Solutions B.V. has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid (private company with limited liability).

Corporate Power

 

3.

Each Netherlands Company has the corporate power to enter into the Opinion Documents to which it is expressed to be a party, AerCap Aviation Solutions B.V. to grant the Guarantee, and to perform its obligations thereunder. None of the Netherlands Companies violated or violates any provision of its Articles of Association by entering into the Opinion Documents to which it is expressed to be a party, AerCap Aviation Solutions B.V. by granting the Guarantee, or performing its obligations thereunder.

Corporate Action

 

4.

Each Netherlands Company has taken all corporate action required by its Articles of Association and Netherlands law in connection with entering into the Opinion Documents to which it is expressed to be a party, AerCap Aviation Solutions B.V. for the granting of the Guarantee, and the performance of its obligations under these Opinion Documents and the Guarantee.


Valid Signing

 

5.

Each Opinion Document has been validly signed on behalf of each Netherlands Company expressed to be a party thereto.

The opinions expressed above are subject to the following qualifications:

 

A.

As Netherlands lawyers we are not qualified or able to assess the true meaning and purport of the terms of the Opinion Documents under the applicable law and the obligations of the parties to the Opinion Documents and we have made no investigation of that meaning and purport. Our review of the Opinion Documents and of any other documents subject or expressed to be subject to any law other than Netherlands law has therefore been limited to the terms of these documents as they appear to us on their face.

 

B.

The information contained in the Extracts does not constitute conclusive evidence of the facts reflected in them.

 

C.

Pursuant to Article 2:7 NCC, any transaction entered into by a legal entity may be nullified by the legal entity itself or its liquidator in bankruptcy proceedings (curator) if the objects of that entity were transgressed by the transaction and the other party to the transaction knew or should have known this without independent investigation (wist of zonder eigen onderzoek moest weten). The Netherlands Supreme Court (Hoge Raad der Nederlanden) has ruled that in determining whether the objects of a legal entity are transgressed, not only the description of the objects in that legal entity’s articles of association (statuten) is decisive, but all (relevant) circumstances must be taken into account, in particular whether the interests of the legal entity were served by the transaction. Based on the objects clause contained in the Articles of Association, we have no reason to believe that by entering into the Opinion Documents to which the Netherlands Companies are expressed to be a party, granting the Guarantee or performing their obligations thereunder, any Netherlands Company would transgress the description of the objects contained in its Articles of Association. However, we cannot assess whether there are other relevant circumstances that must be taken into account, in particular whether the interests of the Netherlands Companies are served by entering into the Opinion Documents to which they are expressed to be a party, granting the Guarantee or performing their obligations thereunder, since this is a matter of fact.

 

D.

The opinions expressed in this opinion letter may be limited or affected by:

 

  a.

rules relating to Insolvency Proceedings or similar proceedings under a foreign law and other rules affecting creditors’ rights generally;

 

  b.

the provisions of fraudulent preference and fraudulent conveyance (Actio Pauliana) and similar rights available in other jurisdictions to liquidators in bankruptcy proceedings or creditors;

 

  c.

claims based on tort (onrechtmatige daad);

 

  d.

sanctions and measures, including but not limited to those concerning export control, pursuant to European Union regulations, under the Sanctions Act 1977 (Sanctiewet 1977) or other legislation;


  e.

the Anti-Boycott Regulation and related legislation; and

 

  f.

the BRRD, the SRM Regulation or the Special Measures Financial Institutions Act, as applicable, which, inter alia, contain provisions on certain recovery and resolution measures in respect of financial institutions (financiële ondernemingen) or group companies thereof.

 

Sincerely yours,
/s/ NautaDutilh
NautaDutilh


EXHIBIT A

LIST OF DEFINITIONS

 

Anti-Boycott Regulation    the Council Regulation (EC) No 2271/96 of 22 November 1996 on protecting against the effects of the extra-territorial application of legislation adopted by a third country, and actions based thereon or resulting therefrom
Articles of Association   

a.   in relation to AerCap Holdings N.V., its articles of association (statuten) as they read after the execution of a deed of amendment dated 24 April 2019, which, according to the relevant Extract, was the last amendment to the articles of association of AerCap Holdings N.V.; and

 

b.  in relation to AerCap Aviation Solutions B.V., the articles of association (statuten) as contained in its Deed of Incorporation

Board Regulations    the AerCap Holdings N.V. Rules for the Board of Directors, including its Committees dated as of 16 March 2017
BRRD    Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 establishing a framework for the recovery and resolution of credit institutions and investment firms, as implemented into Netherlands law, and the rules and regulations related thereto
Commercial Register    the Netherlands Chamber of Commerce Commercial Register (handelsregister gehouden door de Kamer van Koophandel)
Corporate Documents    the documents listed in Exhibit B
Deeds of Incorporation   

a.   in relation to AerCap Holdings N.V., its deed of incorporation (akte van oprichting), dated 10 July 2006; and

 

b.  in relation to AerCap Aviation Solutions B.V., its deed of incorporation (akte van oprichting), dated 10 April 2012

Exhibit    an exhibit to this opinion letter
Extracts    in relation to each Netherlands Company, an extract from the Commercial Register with respect to that Netherlands Company, dated the date of this opinion letter


Guarantee    the guarantee by AerCap Aviation Solutions B.V. of the Notes pursuant to Article 10 (Guarantees) of the Indenture
Indenture    the indenture relating to the Notes, dated October 1, 2019, made between, inter alios, AerCap Holdings N.V., as the issuer, AerCap Aviation Solutions B.V., other guarantors party thereto and the Trustee
Insolvency Proceedings    bankruptcy (faillissement) or suspension of payments (surseance van betaling) under the Bankruptcy Code, measures on the basis of the BRRD, the SRM Regulation or the Special Measures Financial Institutions Act, or any foreign insolvency proceedings within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2015/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on insolvency proceedings (recast)
Insolvency Registers    the online central insolvency register (Centraal Insolventie Register) and the online EU Insolvency Register (Centraal Insolventie Register-EU Registraties) held by the Council for the Administration of Justice (Raad voor de Rechtspraak)
NautaDutilh    NautaDutilh N.V.
NCC    the Netherlands Civil Code (Burgerlijk Wetboek)
the Netherlands    the European territory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Netherlands Companies    each of AerCap Holdings N.V. and AerCap Aviation Solutions B.V. (each, a “Netherlands Company”)
Opinion Documents    the Indenture and the Registration Statement
Powers of Attorney    the powers of attorney as contained in the Resolutions, granted by each Netherlands Company in respect of, inter alia, the entering into the transactions contemplated by the Opinion Documents
Prospectus    the prospectus forming part of the Registration Statement
Registration Statement    the registration statement of, inter alios, AerCap Holdings N.V., as the issuer, AerCap Aviation Solutions B.V. and other guarantors party thereto on Form F-3 under the Securities Act of 1933 of the United States, as amended, dated October 1, 2019


Resolutions   

a.   in relation to AerCap Holdings N.V., the documents containing the resolutions of its managing board (bestuur), dated 26 September 2019; and

 

b.  in relation to AerCap Aviation Solutions B.V., the documents containing the resolutions of its managing board (bestuur), dated October 1, 2019

Special Measures Financial Institutions Act    Wet bijzondere maatregelen financiële ondernemingen, and the rules and regulations related thereto
SRM Regulation    Regulation (EU) No 806/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 July 2014 establishing uniform rules and a uniform procedure for the resolution of credit institutions and certain investment firms in the framework of a Single Resolution Mechanism and a Single Resolution Fund, and the rules and regulations related thereto
Trustee    Wilmington Trust, National Association


EXHIBIT B

LIST OF CORPORATE DOCUMENTS

 

1.

the Deeds of Incorporation;

 

2.

the Articles of Association;

 

3.

the Extracts; and

 

4.

the Resolutions.

Exhibit 5.3

1 October 2019

To the addressees set out in Schedule 1

(collectively, the “Addressees”)

Private and Confidential

AerCap Ireland Capital Designated Activity Company and AerCap Ireland Limited - Form F-3 Registration Statement

Dear Sirs

We have acted as special Irish counsel to AerCap Ireland Capital Designated Activity Company (“AICD”) and AerCap Ireland Limited (“AIL”) (each a “Company” and together, the “Companies”) in connection with the provision of this opinion letter to you in relation to certain Irish law matters set out in this Opinion on the Documents as defined below.

 

1.

Documents examined, interpretation

 

1.1

For the purposes of this opinion letter, we have examined copies of:

 

  (a)

the documents listed in Schedule 2 hereto, collectively the “Documents”; and

 

  (b)

the following additional documents (the “Additional Documents”):

 

  (i)

a Certificate of a director of each Company dated 1 October 2019 (the “Certificates”); and

 

  (ii)

the results of searches made by independent law searchers on our behalf at the Companies Registration Office, Dublin, the Petitions Section and Judgments Office of the Central Office of the Irish High Court on 1 October 2019 against the Companies (together the “Searches”),


we have assumed that no circumstances or events have occurred between the dates on which the Certificates and Searches were given or made (none having being brought to our attention) which would cause us to cease to rely on the Certificates and Searches. We have not conducted searches in any Office of the Circuit Court notwithstanding that the Circuit Court has jurisdiction to appoint an examiner but in this regard we have relied on the representations contained in the Certificates of the Companies.

 

1.2

Scope of opinion

This opinion letter speaks only as of its date and is limited to the matters stated herein and does not extend, and is not to be read as extending by implication, to any other matters.

In particular:

 

  (i)

save as expressly stated herein, we express no opinion on the effect, validity, or enforceability of or the creation or effectiveness of any document;

 

  (ii)

we express no opinion on the contractual terms of any document other than by reference to the legal character thereof under the laws of Ireland;

 

  (iii)

we express no opinion as to the existence or validity of, or the title of any person to, any of the assets which are, or purport to be sold, transferred, exchanged, assigned or otherwise dealt with under the Documents or as to whether any assets are marketable and/or are capable of being so dealt with free of any equities or of any security rights or interests which may have been created in favour of any other person;

 

  (iv)

we have made no investigation of, and express no opinion on, the laws, or the effect on the Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby of the laws, of any country or jurisdiction other than Ireland, and this opinion is strictly limited to the laws of Ireland as in force on the date hereof and as currently applied by the courts (excluding any foreign law to which reference may be made under the rules of Irish private international law). We have assumed without investigation that, insofar as the laws of any jurisdiction other than Ireland are relevant, such laws do not prohibit and are not inconsistent with any of the obligations or rights expressed in the Documents or the transactions contemplated by the Documents;

 

  (v)

we express no views or opinions on matters relating to tax;

 

  (vi)

we express no views or opinions as to matters of fact; and

 

  (vii)

we have not for the purpose of this opinion letter examined any other drafts and/or copies of any contract, instrument or document entered into by or affecting the Companies or any other persons, or any corporate records of the Companies or any other person, except the Documents and the Additional Documents; and (except as expressly set out herein) we have not made any other enquiries or searches concerning the Companies or any other person for the purposes of this opinion letter.

 

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1.3

This opinion letter is governed by, and is to be construed in accordance with the laws of Ireland as at the date hereof and is subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Ireland. Except as otherwise expressly stated herein, the opinions expressed herein are given on the basis of and subject to the foregoing and the matters set out in part 2 (Assumptions) and part 3 (Reservations and Qualifications).

 

1.4

By giving this opinion letter we assume no obligation to inform any Addressee of any future change in law (including any change in interpretation of law) or to update this opinion letter at any time in the future.

 

1.5

This opinion letter is solely for the purpose of the Registration Statement and may not, save as set out in 1.6 and 1.7 below, be disclosed without our prior written consent.

 

1.6

The contents of this opinion letter may be disclosed, without our prior written consent, to a banking or other regulatory or supervisory authority, acting in its capacity as regulator of any Addressee and, such disclosure may only be made on the basis:

 

  (a)

that it is to be kept confidential and is for the purposes of information only;

 

  (b)

on the strict understanding that we assume no responsibility to them as a result or otherwise; and

 

  (c)

that none of such persons may rely on this opinion letter for their own benefit or for that of any other person.

 

1.7

We consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. We also consent to the references to us in the Registration Statement and to the reference to us under the caption “Legal Matters” in the prospectus that is included in the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not admit that or express any views on whether we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under the Securities Act, or the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder nor shall we incur any liability solely as a result of the public filing of this Opinion with the SEC. Except as provided in paragraphs 1.5 and 1.6 and in this paragraph 1.7, this opinion may not be (in whole or in part) used, copied, circulated or relied upon by any party or for any other purpose without our prior written consent.

 

1.8

In providing this opinion, we have acted for the Companies and no other person, whether or not an Addressee of this Opinion. This Opinion is provided by us to the Addressees and can only be used by Addressees other than the Companies (the “Other Addressees”), strictly subject to and on the basis of the following:

 

  (a)

we expressly reserve the right to represent the Companies (if all or any of them so request) in relation to any matters affecting any of the matters which are the subject of or connected with this Opinion at any time in the future (whether or not the Other Addressees retain separate advisers on any such matter) and by the Other Addressees relying or using this Opinion, the Other Addressees accept and confirm that we do and will not have any conflict of interest in relation to such representation;

 

  (b)

other than the provision of this Opinion only, we have no obligation to advise the Other Addressees on any of the matters referred to in or connected with this Opinion;

 

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  (c)

the provision of this Opinion to the Other Addressees does not create or give rise to any client relationship between us and the Other Addressees;

 

  (d)

that other than the provision of this Opinion only, we have not advised the Other Addressees in relation to the Documents or the transactions contemplated thereby or assisted the Other Addressees in any way in relation to those documents and transactions; and

 

  (e)

other than as a direct result of the provision of this Opinion, we have no and do not accept any duty of care to the Other Addressees in relation to the matters opined on or connected with this Opinion.

 

1.9

In giving this Opinion, we have relied upon:

 

  (a)

the Certificates and the statements made therein, together with the attachments thereto, and this Opinion is expressly given upon the terms that the information disclosed thereby has not changed since the date thereof and that no further investigation or diligence whatsoever in respect of any matter referred to, or the statements made, in a Certificate (or in the attachments thereto) is required of us by you; and

 

  (b)

the results of the Searches.

 

2.

Assumptions

In considering the Documents and in rendering this opinion letter, we have without further enquiry, assumed that as of the date hereof:

Authenticity and Completeness of Documents

 

  (a)

the authenticity and completeness of all documents submitted to us as originals; the completeness and conformity to the originals of all copy (including facsimile or pdf copy) documents, certificates, letters, resolutions, powers of attorney, documents, permissions, minutes, authorisations and all other copy documents of any kind furnished to us; and the authenticity and completeness of the originals of any such copies (including facsimile or pdf copies) examined by us;

 

  (b)

the genuineness of all signatures and seals on documents originals or copies of which have been examined by us; that the Documents have been duly and unconditionally delivered by all parties thereto (other than the Companies) on the respective dates therein stated; and that all escrow or similar arrangements, agreements or understandings in connection with the Documents and all conditions required to be met before the Documents and/or any obligation thereunder are or are deemed to be or have been delivered and/or made effective, have been met and satisfied;

 

  (c)

that the copies produced to us (including copies annexed to the Certificates) of minutes of meetings and/or of resolutions are true copies and correctly record the proceedings at such meetings and/or the subject matter which they purport to record; that any meetings referred to therein were duly convened and held and at all times during such meetings there were sufficient members present to ensure a

 

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  quorum, that those present at any such meetings acted bona-fide throughout, that all resolutions set out in such copies were duly passed and that no further resolutions have been passed, or corporate or other action taken, which would or might alter the effectiveness thereof and in this regard we refer to the Certificates;

 

  (d)

that where a document has been examined in draft or specimen form it has been executed in the form of that draft or specimen as examined by us;

 

  (e)

the completeness and accuracy as of the date hereof of:

 

  (i)

all statements in, and attachments to, the Certificates;

 

  (ii)

representations contained in the Documents as to matters of fact, and matters of law other than Irish law; and

 

  (iii)

the results of the Searches; and that further searches would not reveal any circumstances which would affect this opinion letter;

The Documents and related documentation

 

  (f)

that the directors of each Company in authorising the entry into and the execution and the performance of, the Documents to which it is a party have exercised their powers in good faith in the interests of such Company, its shareholders, creditors and employees, and have used due skill, care and diligence in considering and approving the matters before them;

 

  (g)

that the Documents have been entered into by the parties thereto for bona fide commercial purposes, on an arm’s-length basis having regard to the relationship of the parties and for their respective corporate benefit;

 

  (h)

an absence of fraud, bad faith, undue influence, coercion, mistake or duress on the part of any party to the Documents or their respective employees, agents, directors or advisers;

 

  (i)

that the warranties and representations set out in the Documents (other than warranties and representations as to matters of Irish law upon which we have opined in this opinion letter), are true and accurate at the date at which they are expressed to be made;

 

  (j)

that there are no agreements or arrangements in existence or contemplated between the parties (or any of them) to the Documents which have not been disclosed to us and which in any material way amend, add to or vary the terms or conditions of the Documents, or the respective rights and interests of the parties thereto, or create any rights over any property the subject matter of the Documents; that there are no contractual or similar restrictions binding on the parties which would affect the conclusions in this Opinion;

Searches

 

  (k)

the accuracy and completeness of the results of the Searches, that the information disclosed by the Searches was up to date and that the information contained in the

 

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  Searches has not, since the date and time the Searches were made, been altered and that there was no information which had been delivered for registration or filing that did not appear in the relevant records or files at the time the Searches were made;

Certificates

 

  (l)

the accuracy and completeness of the statements contained in the Certificates and of the documents attached to the Certificates as at the date given and on the date of this Opinion;

Solvency

 

  (m)

that each Company is not and will not be as a result of the transactions contemplated by the Documents, insolvent or unable to pay its debts, or deemed to be so under any applicable statutory provision or law, as at (i) the date of execution of the Documents to which it is party, (ii) the effective date of the Documents to which it is party or (iii) the date of this Opinion;

All Parties

 

  (n)

the due performance of the Documents by all parties (other than the Companies with respect to the matters that are the subject of this Opinion) thereto;

 

  (o)

that each of the parties to the Documents, other than the Companies:

 

  (i)

has been duly incorporated and is validly existing and has all necessary capacity and power, and has obtained all necessary consents, licences and approvals (governmental, regulatory, legal or otherwise) to enter into the Documents and to perform its respective obligations thereunder; and

 

  (ii)

has validly authorised entry into, and has duly executed, the Documents to which it is party;

 

  (p)

that as a matter of all relevant laws (including in particular in relation to the Documents the law expressed therein to be the governing law) other than the laws of Ireland:

 

  (i)

all obligations under the Documents are valid, legally binding upon, and enforceable in accordance with their terms against, the respective parties thereto; that the choice of governing law under the Documents is valid; and, insofar as is relevant to any matter opined on herein, that words and phrases used therein have the same meaning and effect as they would if such documents were governed by Irish law; and

 

  (ii)

all consents, approvals, notices, filings, recordations, publications, registrations and other steps necessary in order to permit the execution, delivery or performance of the Documents or to perfect, protect or preserve any of the interests created by the Documents, have been obtained, made or done or will be obtained, made or done within any relevant permitted period(s);

 

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  (q)

that, other than as disclosed in the Certificates and the Searches, none of the parties to the Documents and/or any document referred to therein (in each case other than the Companies) has taken any corporate or other action nor have any steps been taken or legal proceedings been started against any of such parties for the liquidation, winding-up, dissolution, striking-off, examination, reorganisation, or administration of, or for the appointment of a liquidator, receiver, trustee, examiner, administrator, administrative receiver or similar officer to, any of such parties or all or any of its assets and that none of such parties is or was at the date of execution or the effective date of any of such documents or will as a result of the transactions contemplated by such documents become insolvent, unable to pay its debts, or deemed unable to pay its debts under any relevant statutory provision, regulation or law, or has been dissolved; and that no event similar or analogous to any of the foregoing has occurred or will occur as a result of the transactions contemplated by such documents in relation to any of them under the laws of any jurisdiction applicable to any of such parties;

Financial Transfer Restrictions

 

  (r)

that the transactions and other matters contemplated by the Documents are not and will not be affected by:

 

  (i)

any restrictions arising from EU Regulations having direct effect in Ireland, or by orders made by the Minister for Finance under the Financial Transfers Act 1992, the Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Acts 2005 and 2015 or the European Communities Acts 1972 to 2012. Such EU Regulations and orders that are in effect at the date of this Opinion impose restrictions on financial transfers involving residents of certain countries and certain named individuals and entities arising from the implementation in Ireland of United Nations and EU sanctions; or

 

  (ii)

any directions or orders made under the Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Acts 2010 to 2018 (which transpose into Irish law certain provisions of EU Directive 2015/849 of the European Parliament and the Council of 20 May 2015); or

 

  (iii)

any exchange control restrictions of any member of the International Monetary Fund that are maintained or imposed consistently with the Articles of Agreement of the International Monetary Fund;

Group Companies

 

  (s)

that AerCap Holdings N.V. (“AerCap N.V.”) is the ultimate holding company (within the meaning of Section 8 of the Companies Act 2014) of each of AIL and AICD and accordingly AIL, AICD and AerCap N.V. are members of the same group of companies consisting of a holding company and its subsidiaries for the purposes of the Companies Act 2014;

 

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Insurance Legislation

 

  (t)

in considering the application of the Insurance Acts, 1909 to 2018, regulations made thereunder and regulations relating to insurance under the European Communities Acts 1972 to 2012, that each of AIL and AICD is a subsidiary of AerCap N.V.;

 

  (u)

neither AICD nor AIL has received or will receive any remuneration in connection with any guarantee indemnity or similar payment obligation given by AIL or AICD under the terms of the Documents;

Securities Laws

 

  (v)

any offer or sale of the Debt Securities in Ireland will comply with the requirements referred to in the “Selling Restrictions” in relation to Ireland set out in the Prospectus Supplement;

Issue of Debt Securities

 

  (w)

that the Debt Securities have minimum denominations in excess of €100,000 or its equivalent in another currency (including US dollars) and are executed, authenticated and issued by AerCap N.V.;

Financial Assistance

 

  (x)

that no person who has been appointed or acts in any way, whether directly or indirectly, as a director or secretary of, who has been concerned in or taken part in the promotion of, any Company has been the subject of a declaration under Section 150 (Restriction) or Section 160 (Disqualification of certain persons from acting as directors or auditors of or managing companies) of the Companies Act 1990 and neither Company nor any of their directors or secretary is a company or person to which Chapter 3 (Restrictions on directors of insolvent companies), Chapter 4 (Disqualification generally) or Chapter 5 (Disqualification and restriction undertakings) of Part 14 (Compliance and Enforcement) of the Companies Act 2014 applies;

 

3.

Reservations and qualifications

 

3.1

The opinions expressed in this opinion letter are subject to the following reservations and qualifications:

Documents

 

  (a)

Provisions in the Documents imposing additional obligations in the event of breach or default, or of payment or repayment being made other than on an agreed date, may be unenforceable to the extent that they are subsequently adjudicated to be penal in nature, but, the fact that any payment is held to be penal in nature would not, of itself, prejudice the legality or validity of any other provision contained in the Documents which does not provide for the making of such payment.

 

  (b)

Provisions in the Documents that calculations or certifications or acknowledgements are to be conclusive and binding will not necessarily prevent judicial enquiry by the Irish courts into the merits of any claim by a party claiming

 

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  to be aggrieved by such calculations, certifications or acknowledgements; nor do such provisions exclude the possibility of such calculations, certifications or acknowledgements being amended by order of the Irish courts.

 

  (c)

To the extent that the Documents vest a discretion in any party, or provide for any party determining any matter in its opinion, the exercise of such discretion and the manner in which such opinion is formed and the grounds on which it is based may be the subject of a judicial enquiry and review by the Irish courts.

 

  (d)

The effectiveness of terms in the Documents exculpating a party from a liability or a legal duty otherwise owed are limited by law including insofar as the liability of trustees is concerned by section 422 of the Companies Act 2014.

 

  (e)

Provisions of the Documents providing for severance of provisions due to illegality, invalidity or unenforceability thereof may not be effective, depending on the nature of the illegality, invalidity or unenforceability in question.

Enforceability/Binding Nature of Obligations

 

  (f)

The description of obligations as “enforceable” or “binding” refers to the legal character of the obligations in question. It implies no more than that they are of a character which Irish law recognises and enforces. It does not mean that the Documents will be binding or enforced in all circumstances or that any particular remedy will be available. Equitable remedies, such as specific performance and injunctive relief, are in the discretion of the Irish courts and may not be available to persons seeking to enforce provisions in the Documents. More generally, in any proceedings to enforce the provisions of the Documents, the Irish courts may require that the party seeking enforcement acts with reasonableness and good faith. Enforcement of the Documents may also be limited as a result of (i) the provisions of Irish law applicable to contracts held to have become frustrated by events happening after their execution and (ii) any breach of the terms of the Documents by the party seeking to enforce the same.

 

  (g)

Any person who is not a party to the Documents may not be able to enforce any provision thereof which is expressed to be for the benefit of that person.

 

  (h)

The obligations of each Company under the Documents are subject to all insolvency, bankruptcy, liquidation, receivership reorganisation, moratorium, examinership, trust schemes, preferential creditors, fraudulent disposition, improper transfer and other similar laws or regulations relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally.

 

  (i)

Where an obligation is to be performed outside Ireland under the Documents, it may not be enforceable in Ireland to the extent that performance would be illegal or contrary to public policy under the laws of that jurisdiction.

 

  (j)

Any judgment of the Irish courts for moneys due under the Documents may be expressed in a currency other than euro but the order may issue out of the Central Office of the High Court expressed in euro by reference to the official rate of exchange prevailing on or very shortly before the date of application for judgement. In addition, in a winding-up in Ireland of an Irish incorporated company, all foreign

 

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  currency claims must be converted into euro for the purposes of proof. The rate of exchange to be used to convert foreign currency debts into euro for the purposes of proof in a winding-up is the spot rate as of, in the case of a compulsory winding-up either the date of commencement of the winding-up (presentation of the petition for winding-up or earlier resolution for winding-up) or of the winding-up order and in the case of a voluntary winding-up on the date of the relevant winding-up resolution.

 

  (k)

An Irish court may refuse to give effect to a purported contractual obligation to pay costs arising from unsuccessful litigation brought against that party and may not award by way of costs all of the expenditure incurred by a successful litigator in proceedings before that court.

 

  (l)

Claims against a Company may be or become the subject of set-off or counterclaim and any waiver of those or other defences available to such Company may not be enforceable in all circumstances.

 

  (m)

Currency indemnities contained in the Documents may not be enforceable in all circumstances.

Statutes of Limitation

 

  (n)

Claims against a Company may become barred under relevant statutes of limitation if not pursued within the time limited by such statutes.

Searches

 

  (o)

The failure of the Searches to reveal evidence that a Company has passed a voluntary winding-up resolution, that a petition has been presented or order made by a court for the winding-up of, or appointment of an examiner to a Company or a receiver or similar officer has been appointed in relation to any of its assets or revenues is not conclusive proof that no such event has occurred, in particular:

 

  (i)

the Searches may not have revealed whether a petition for winding-up or the appointment or any examiner had been presented;

 

  (ii)

notice of a resolution passed, a winding-up order made or the appointment of a receiver or examiner may not have been filed at the Irish Companies Office immediately;

 

  (iii)

it has been assumed that the information disclosed by the Searches was accurate and that no information had been delivered for registration that was not on the file at the time the Searches were made;

 

  (iv)

the position may have changed since the time the Searches were made; and

 

  (v)

searches have not been undertaken in any Office of the Circuit Court, notwithstanding that the Circuit Court has jurisdiction with respect to the examinership of certain companies.

 

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Offer or Sale of the Debt Securities in Ireland

 

  (p)

The underwriting or placement of the Debt Securities in or involving Ireland by AerCap N.V. or another person must be in conformity with the provisions of the Companies Act 2014 and the European Union (Markets in Financial Instruments) Regulations 2017, Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instruments, Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instruments and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 and all implementing measures, delegated acts and guidance in respect thereof (together, ‘MiFID II’), and the provisions of the Investor Compensation Act 1998.

 

  (q)

An offer of Debt Securities to the public in Ireland or seeking their admission to trading on a regulated market situated or operating in Ireland by AerCap N.V. or another person must be in conformity with the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 of the European Parliament and of the Council, the European Union (Prospectus) Regulations 2019, the Central Bank (Investment Market Conduct) Rules 2019 and any other rules issued under section 1363 of the Companies Act 2014 by the Central Bank of Ireland; and

 

  (r)

To the extent they may apply, underwriting, placing or otherwise acting in Ireland in respect of the Debt Securities by AerCap N.V. or another person must be in conformity with the provisions of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU 596/2014) and the Market Abuse Directive (2014/57/EU) and transposing legislation, including the European Union (Market Abuse) Regulations 2016, and any rules issued under section 1370 of the Companies Act 2014 by the Central Bank of Ireland, the Companies Act 2014, the Central Bank Acts 1942 to 2018 and any codes of conduct rules made under Section 117(1) of the Central Bank Act 1989.

 

4.

Opinion

Other than as described in Section 1 above, under the assumptions set out at Section 2 above and the reservations set out in Section 3 above and to any matters or documents not disclosed to us, we are of the opinion as follows:

 

4.1

Due Incorporation

AICD is duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of Ireland as a designated activity company with limited liability and AIL is duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of Ireland as a private company limited by shares and, in each case the Searches revealed no order, resolution or petition for the winding-up of or for the appointment of an examiner over any Company and no notice of appointment of a liquidator, receiver or examiner in respect of any Company.

 

4.2

Corporate Capacity

Each Company has the necessary legal capacity and authority to enter into, deliver and perform its obligations under the Documents to which it is a party.

 

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4.3

Corporate Authorisation

All necessary corporate action has been taken by each Company to authorise the entry into, execution and performance of the Documents to which it is a party.

 

4.4

Due Execution

The Documents to which each Company is a party have been duly executed by such Company.

Yours faithfully

/s/ McCann FitzGerald

 

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SCHEDULE 1

Addressees

The Companies; and

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

 

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SCHEDULE 2

Documents

 

1.

Form F-3 registration statement filed by AerCap Holdings N.V. as Issuer and AerCap Aviation Solutions B.V., AerCap Global Aviation Trust, AerCap Ireland Capital DAC, AerCap Ireland Limited, AerCap US Global LLC and International Lease Finance Corporation, as Guarantors with the Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States of America (“SEC”) on 1 October 2019 (the “Registration Statement”) in accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 (as amended) of the United States of America (the “Securities Act”) relating to the proposed issuance and offer, from time to time, of an indeterminate number of debt securities (the “Debt Securities”) each to be guaranteed by amongst others, AerCap Ireland Limited and AerCap Ireland Capital DAC on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Indenture (the “Guarantees”); and

 

2.

Indenture dated 1 October 2019 among AerCap Holdings N.V., AerCap Aviation Solutions B.V., AerCap Global Aviation Trust, AerCap Ireland Capital DAC, AerCap Ireland Limited, International Lease Finance Corporation, AerCap US Global LLC and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “Indenture”).

 

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Exhibit 5.4

[Letterhead of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP]

October 1, 2019

AerCap Global Aviation Trust

AerCap U.S. Global Aviation LLC

4450 Atlantic Avenue

Westpark Business Campus

Shannon, Co. Clare, Ireland

 

  Re:

AerCap Global Aviation Trust

AerCap U.S. Global Aviation LLC

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as special Delaware counsel to AerCap Global Aviation Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), and AerCap U.S. Global Aviation LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), in connection with certain matters of Delaware law set forth below relating to the filing by AerCap Holdings N.V., a public limited liability company organized under the laws of the Netherlands (the “Issuer”), the Trust, AerCap Ireland Capital Designated Activity Company, a designated activity company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of Ireland (“AICDAC”), the Company, AerCap Aviation Solutions B.V., a private company with limited liability organized under the laws of the Netherlands (“AerCap Aviation”), AerCap Ireland Limited, a private limited company incorporated under the laws of Ireland (“AIL”), and International Lease Finance Corporation, a California corporation (“ILFC” and together with the Trust, the Company, AICDAC, AerCap Aviation and AIL the “Guarantors”), with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) of a registration statement on Form F-3, including the Prospectus of the Issuer and the Guarantors that forms a part thereof (collectively, the “Registration Statement”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), relating to the registration of certain debt securities of the Issuer (the “Debt Securities”).

In rendering this opinion, we have examined and relied upon copies of the following documents in the forms provided to us: the Registration Statement; the Indenture dated as of October 1, 2019 (the “Indenture”) among the Issuer, the Guarantors and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), pursuant to which, among other things, the Company and the Trust guarantee (the “Guarantee”) the obligations of the Issuer under the Debt Securities on an unsecured junior subordinated basis; the Trust Agreement of the Trust dated as of February 5, 2014 (the “Trust Agreement”); the Certificate of Trust of the Trust as filed in the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the “State Office”) on


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February 5, 2014 (the “Certificate of Trust”); the Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company dated as of February 28, 2014 (the “Company Agreement”); the Certificate of Formation of the Company as filed in the State Office on February 12, 2014, as amended by the Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Formation of the Company as filed in the State Office on February 17, 2014 (as so amended, the “Certificate of Formation”); the Written Consent of the Regular Trustee of the Trust dated as of October 1, 2019; the Resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company adopted on October 1, 2019; and certificates of good standing of the Trust and the Company obtained from the State Office as of a recent date. In such examinations, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies or drafts of documents to be executed and the legal capacity of natural persons to complete the execution of documents. We have further assumed for purposes of this opinion: (i) except to the extent addressed by our opinions in paragraphs 1 and 2 below, the due formation or organization, valid existence and good standing of each entity that is a signatory to any of the documents examined by us under the laws of the jurisdiction of its respective formation or organization; (ii) except to the extent addressed by our opinions in paragraphs 5 and 6 below, the due authorization, adoption, execution and delivery, as applicable, of each of the above-referenced documents; (iii) the payment of consideration for beneficial interests in the Trust by all beneficial owners of the Trust as provided in the Trust Agreement and the satisfaction of, or compliance with, all of the other terms, conditions and restrictions set forth in the Trust Agreement in connection with the admission of beneficial owners to the Trust and the issuance of beneficial interests in the Trust; (iv) the payment of consideration for limited liability company interests in the Company by all members of the Company as provided in the Company Agreement and the satisfaction of, or compliance with, all of the other terms, conditions and restrictions set forth in the Company Agreement in connection with the admission of members to the Company and the issuance of limited liability company interests in the Company; (v) that the activities of the Trust have been and will be conducted in accordance with the terms of the Trust Agreement and the Delaware Statutory Trust Act, 12 Del. C. §§ 3801 et seq. (the “Delaware Trust Act”); (vi) that the activities of the Company have been and will be conducted in accordance with the terms of the Company Agreement and the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, 6 Del. C. §§ 18-101 et seq. (the “Delaware LLC Act”); (vii) that no event or circumstance has occurred on or prior to the date hereof that would cause a termination or dissolution of the Trust under the Trust Agreement or the Delaware Trust Act, as applicable; (viii) that no event or circumstance has occurred on or prior to the date hereof that would cause a termination or dissolution of the Company under the Company Agreement or the Delaware LLC Act, as applicable; and (ix) that each of the documents examined by us is in full force and effect, sets forth the entire understanding of the parties thereto with respect to the subject matter thereof and has not been amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, except as herein referenced. We have not reviewed any documents other than those identified above in connection with this opinion, and we have assumed that there are no other documents, facts or circumstances contrary to or inconsistent with the opinions expressed herein. No opinion is expressed herein with respect to the requirements of, or compliance with, federal or state securities or blue sky laws. Further, we express no opinion on the sufficiency or accuracy of any registration or offering documentation


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relating to the Trust, the Company or the Debt Securities. As to any facts material to our opinion, other than those assumed, we have relied, without independent investigation, on the above referenced documents and on the accuracy, as of the date hereof, of the factual matters therein contained. In addition, we note that the Indenture is governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of a jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware and, for purposes of our opinions set forth below, we have assumed that the Indenture will be interpreted in accordance with the plain meaning of the written terms thereof as such terms would be interpreted as a matter of Delaware law and we express no opinion with respect to any legal standards or concepts under any laws other than those of the State of Delaware.

Based on and subject to the foregoing, and limited in all respects to matters of Delaware law, it is our opinion that:

1.    The Trust is a duly formed and validly existing statutory trust in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.

2.    The Company is a duly formed and validly existing limited liability company in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.

3.    The Trust has requisite statutory trust power and authority under the Trust Agreement and the Delaware Trust Act to execute and deliver the Indenture and perform its obligations thereunder, including without limitation, granting the Guarantee, and performing its obligations thereunder.

4.    The Company has requisite limited liability company power and authority under the Company Agreement and the Delaware LLC Act to execute and deliver the Indenture and perform its obligations thereunder, including without limitation, granting the Guarantee, and performing its obligations thereunder.

5.    The Trust has taken all requisite statutory trust action under the laws of the State of Delaware to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of the Indenture by the Trust, including without limitation the granting and performance of the Guarantee by the Trust, and the Indenture has been duly executed by the Trust.

6.    The Company has taken all requisite limited liability company action under the laws of the State of Delaware to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of the Indenture by the Company, including without limitation the granting and performance of the Guarantee by the Company, and the Indenture has been duly executed by the Company.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the use of our name under the heading “LEGAL MATTERS” in the prospectus forming a part thereof. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we come within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act, or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. This opinion speaks only as of the date hereof and is


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based on our understandings and assumptions as to present facts and on our review of the above-referenced documents and the application of Delaware law as the same exist on the date hereof, and we undertake no obligation to update or supplement this opinion after the date hereof for the benefit of any person or entity with respect to any facts or circumstances that may hereafter come to our attention or any changes in facts or law that may hereafter occur or take effect.

 

Very truly yours,
MORRIS, NICHOLS, ARSHT & TUNNELL LLP
/s/ Tarik J. Haskins
Tarik J. Haskins

Exhibit 5.5

[Buchalter Letterhead]

October 1, 2019

International Lease Finance Corporation

10250 Constellation Boulevard, Suite 3400

Los Angeles, California 90067

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have served as California counsel to International Lease Finance Corporation (the “Company”), a California corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of AerCap Holdings N.V. (the “Issuer”), a public limited liability company existing under the laws of the Netherlands, in connection with the shelf registration statement on Form F-3 (the “Registration Statement”) being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), on the date hereof by the Issuer and the entities listed in the Table of Guarantors in the Registration Statement (collectively, the “Guarantors”).

You have provided us with a draft of the Registration Statement in the form in which it will be filed with the Commission. The Registration Statement includes a base prospectus (the “Prospectus”), which provides that it will be supplemented in the future by one or more supplements to the Prospectus (each, a “Prospectus Supplement”). The Prospectus provides for the offering of (i) debt securities of the Issuer (the “Debt Securities”) and (ii) the Guarantees (as defined below) from time to time, together or separately in one or more series (if applicable).

Unless otherwise provided in any prospectus supplement forming part of the Registration Statement relating to a particular series of Debt Securities, the Debt Securities will be issued pursuant to an Indenture (the “Indenture”), dated as of October 1, 2019 among the Issuer, the Guarantors and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee. The obligations of the Issuer under the Debt Securities are to be guaranteed (the “Guarantees”) by the Guarantors, including, but not limited to, the Company, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Indenture.

In giving this opinion, we have examined:

 

  (a)

the Indenture;

 

  (b)

the Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company, dated as of October 22, 2008, as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of California (the “Articles of Incorporation”);


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  (c)

the Bylaws of the Company (the “Bylaws”);

 

  (d)

a certificate of status of the Company issued by the Secretary of State of the State of California, dated as of September 27, 2019 (the “Good Standing Certificate”); and

 

  (e)

a Secretary’s Certificate of the Company certifying as to (i) its Articles of Incorporation, (ii) its Bylaws, and (iii) Action by Unanimous Written Consent of the Board of Directors of the Company approving and authorizing the Registration Statement, the Indenture, the related guarantees and the transactions contemplated thereby.

This opinion is being furnished in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Act in connection with the registration of an indeterminate amount of Debt Securities and related guarantees registered on the Registration Statement.

In rendering the opinions expressed herein, we have reviewed such matters of law and examined original, or copies certified or otherwise identified, of such documents, records, agreements and certificates as we have deemed necessary as a basis for the opinions expressed herein. In such review, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the capacity of all natural persons, the authenticity of all documents and certificates submitted to us as originals or duplicate originals, the conformity to original documents and certificates of the documents and certificates submitted to us as certified, photostatic, conformed, electronic or facsimile copies, the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents and certificates, the accuracy and completeness of all statements contained in all such documents and certificates, and the integrity and completeness of the minute books and records of the Company to the date hereof. As to all questions of fact material to the opinions expressed herein that have not been independently established, we have relied, without investigation or analysis of any underlying data, upon certificates and statements of public officials and representatives of the Company.

In rendering the opinions in paragraph 1, we have relied solely upon the Good Standing Certificate, and such opinion is rendered as of the date of such certificate. We express no opinion as to the tax good standing of the Company in any jurisdiction.

Upon the basis of such examination, and subject to the limitations and qualifications expressed herein, we are of the opinion that:

(1) The Company is a corporation validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of California.

(2) The Company has the corporate power to enter into and perform its obligations under the Indenture and the Guarantees.


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(3) The Indenture has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company and has been executed and delivered by the Company.

(4) The Guarantees have been authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company.

The foregoing opinions are limited to the laws of the State of California, and we are expressing no opinion as to the effect of the laws of other jurisdictions. This opinion is limited to the matters stated herein, and no opinion is implied or may be inferred beyond the matters expressly stated herein. This opinion is given as of the date hereof, and we assume no obligation to advise you after the date hereof of facts or circumstances that come to our attention or changes in law that occur, which could affect the opinions contained herein.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference to us under the caption “Legal Matters” in the prospectus that is included in the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Buchalter     

Exhibit 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form F-3 of AerCap Holdings N.V. of our report dated March 8, 2019 relating to the financial statements and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, which appears in the Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2018. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading “Experts” in such Registration Statement.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers

Dublin, Ireland

October 1, 2019

Exhibit 23.2

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form F-3 of AerCap Holdings N.V. of our report dated March 9, 2018 relating to the financial statements, which appears in AerCap Holdings N.V.’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2018. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading “Experts” in such Registration Statement.

Amsterdam, The Netherlands, October 1, 2019

PricewaterhouseCoopers Accountants N.V.

/s/ H.C. Wüst RA

H.C. Wüst RA

Exhibit 25.1

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM T-1

 

 

 

Check if an Application to Determine Eligibility of a Trustee Pursuant to Section 305(b)(2)

 

 

WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

 

 

16-1486454

(I.R.S. employer identification no.)

1100 North Market Street

Wilmington, DE 19890-0001

(Address of principal executive offices)

Karin Meis

Vice President

1100 North Market Street

Wilmington, Delaware 19890-0001

(302) 651-8311

(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

 

 

AerCap Holdings N.V.(1)

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

The Netherlands   98-0514694
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

AerCap House

65 St. Stephen’s Green

Dublin D02 YX20

Ireland

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

 

Debt Securities

Guarantees of Debt Securities

(Title of the indenture securities)

 

 

 

 

(1) 

See Table of Additional Obligors.


Table of Additional Obligors

 

Exact Name of Obligor

  

State or Other
Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or
Organization

  

I.R.S. Employer
Identification
Number

  

Address and Telephone
Number of Obligor’s
Principal Executive
Offices

AerCap Aviation Solutions B.V.

   The Netherlands    98-1054653   

Evert van de Beekstraat 1 –

Unit 104

1118 CL Schiphol

The Netherlands

+31 20 7991500

AerCap Global Aviation Trust

   Delaware    38-7108865   

4450 Atlantic Avenue Westpark Business Campus

Shannon, Co. Clare, Ireland

+353-61-723-600

AerCap Ireland Capital Designated Activity Company

   Ireland    98-1150693   

4450 Atlantic Avenue Westpark Business Campus

Shannon, Co. Clare, Ireland

+353-61-723-600

AerCap Ireland Limited

   Ireland    98-0110061   

4450 Atlantic Avenue Westpark Business Campus

Shannon, Co. Clare, Ireland

+353-61-723-600

AerCap U.S. Global Aviation LLC

   Delaware    30-0810106   

4450 Atlantic Avenue

Westpark Business Campus

Shannon, Co. Clare, Ireland

+353-61-723-600

International Lease Finance Corporation

   California    22-3059110   

10250 Constellation Boulevard,

Suite 1500

Los Angeles, California 90067

(310) 788-1999


ITEM 1. GENERAL INFORMATION.

Furnish the following information as to the trustee:

 

  (a)

Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.

Comptroller of Currency, Washington, D.C.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Washington, D.C.

 

  (b)

Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

The trustee is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

ITEM 2. AFFILIATIONS WITH THE OBLIGOR.

If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each affiliation:

Based upon an examination of the books and records of the trustee and information available to the trustee, the obligor is not an affiliate of the trustee.

ITEM 3 – 15. Not applicable.

ITEM 16. LIST OF EXHIBITS.

Listed below are all exhibits filed as part of this Statement of Eligibility and Qualification.

 

  1.

A copy of the Articles of Association of Wilmington Trust, National Association, as now in effect, attached hereto as Exhibit 1 of this Form T-1.

 

  2.

The authority of Wilmington Trust, National Association to commence business was granted under the Articles of Association of Wilmington Trust, National Association, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 1 of this Form T-1.

 

  3.

The authorization of Wilmington Trust, National Association to exercise corporate trust powers was granted under the Articles of Association of Wilmington Trust, National Association, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 1 of this Form T-1.

 

  4.

A copy of the Amended and Restated Bylaws of Wilmington Trust, National Association, as now in effect, attached hereto as Exhibit 4 of this Form T-1.

 

  5.

Not applicable.

 

  6.

The consent of Wilmington Trust, National Association as required by Section 321(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, attached hereto as Exhibit 6 of this Form T-1.

 

  7.

Current Report of the Condition of Wilmington Trust, National Association, published pursuant to law or the requirements of its supervising or examining authority, attached hereto as Exhibit 7 of this Form T-1.

 

  8.

Not applicable.

 

  9.

Not applicable.


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the trustee, Wilmington Trust, National Association, a national banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, has duly caused this Statement of Eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of Minneapolis and State of Minnesota on the 1st day of October, 2019.

 

WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By:   /s/ Jane Y. Schweiger
Name:   Jane Y. Schweiger
Title:   Vice President


EXHIBIT 1

ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF

WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION


ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

OF

WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

For the purpose of organizing an association to perform any lawful activities of national banks, the undersigned do enter into the following articles of association:

FIRST.    The title of this association shall be Wilmington Trust, National Association.

SECOND.    The main office of the association shall be in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, State of Delaware. The general business of the association shall be conducted at its main office and its branches.

THIRD.     The board of directors of this association shall consist of not less than five nor more than twenty-five persons, unless the OCC has exempted the bank from the 25-member limit. The exact number is to be fixed and determined from time to time by resolution of a majority of the full board of directors or by resolution of a majority of the shareholders at any annual or special meeting thereof. Each director shall own common or preferred stock of the association or of a holding company owning the association, with an aggregate par, fair market or equity value $1,000. Determination of these values may be based as of either (i) the date of purchase or (ii) the date the person became a director, whichever value is greater. Any combination of common or preferred stock of the association or holding company may be used.

Any vacancy in the board of directors may be filled by action of a majority of the remaining directors between meetings of shareholders. The board of directors may not increase the number of directors between meetings of shareholders to a number which:

 

  1)

exceeds by more than two the number of directors last elected by shareholders where the number was 15 or less; or

 

  2)

exceeds by more than four the number of directors last elected by shareholders where the number was 16 or more, but in no event shall the number of directors exceed 25, unless the OCC has exempted the bank from the 25-member limit.

Directors shall be elected for terms of one year and until their successors are elected and qualified. Terms of directors, including directors selected to fill vacancies, shall expire at the next regular meeting of shareholders at which directors are elected, unless the directors resign or are removed from office. Despite the expiration of a director’s term, the director shall continue to serve until his or her successor is elected and qualifies or until there is a decrease in the number of directors and his or her position is eliminated.

Honorary or advisory members of the board of directors, without voting power or power of final decision in matters concerning the business of the association, may be appointed by resolution of a majority of the full board of directors, or by resolution of shareholders at any annual or special meeting. Honorary or advisory directors shall not be counted to determine the number of directors of the association or the presence of a quorum in connection with any board action, and shall not be required to own qualifying shares.

FOURTH.     There shall be an annual meeting of the shareholders to elect directors and transact


whatever other business may be brought before the meeting. It shall be held at the main office or any other convenient place the board of directors may designate, on the day of each year specified therefor in the bylaws, or, if that day falls on a legal holiday in the state in which the association is located, on the next following banking day. If no election is held on the day fixed, or in the event of a legal holiday on the following banking day, an election may be held on any subsequent day within 60 days of the day fixed, to be designated by the board of directors, or, if the directors fail to fix the day, by shareholders representing two-thirds of the shares issued and outstanding. In all cases at least 10 days advance notice of the time, place and purpose of a shareholders’ meeting shall be given to the shareholders by first class mail, unless the OCC determines that an emergency circumstance exists. The sole shareholder of the bank is permitted to waive notice of the shareholders’ meeting.

In all elections of directors, the number of votes each common shareholder may cast will be determined by multiplying the number of shares such shareholder owns by the number of directors to be elected. Those votes may be cumulated and cast for a single candidate or may be distributed among two or more candidates in the manner selected by the shareholder. If, after the first ballot, subsequent ballots are necessary to elect directors, a shareholder may not vote shares that he or she has already fully cumulated and voted in favor of a successful candidate. On all other questions, each common shareholder shall be entitled to one vote for each share of stock held by him or her.

Nominations for election to the board of directors may be made by the board of directors or by any stockholder of any outstanding class of capital stock of the association entitled to vote for election of directors. Nominations other than those made by or on behalf of the existing management shall be made in writing and be delivered or mailed to the president of the association not less than 14 days nor more than 50 days prior to any meeting of shareholders called for the election of directors; provided, however, that if less than 21 days notice of the meeting is given to shareholders, such nominations shall be mailed or delivered to the president of the association not later than the close of business on the seventh day following the day on which the notice of meeting was mailed. Such notification shall contain the following information to the extent known to the notifying shareholder:

 

  1)

The name and address of each proposed nominee.

 

  2)

The principal occupation of each proposed nominee.

 

  3)

The total number of shares of capital stock of the association that will be voted for each proposed nominee.

 

  4)

The name and residence address of the notifying shareholder.

 

  5)

The number of shares of capital stock of the association owned by the notifying shareholder.

Nominations not made in accordance herewith may, in his/her discretion, be disregarded by the chairperson of the meeting, and the vote tellers may disregard all votes cast for each such nominee. No bylaw may unreasonably restrict the nomination of directors by shareholders.

A director may resign at any time by delivering written notice to the board of directors, its chairperson, or to the association, which resignation shall be effective when the notice is delivered unless the notice specifies a later effective date.

A director may be removed by shareholders at a meeting called to remove the director, when notice of the meeting stating that the purpose or one of the purposes is to remove the director is provided, if there is a failure to fulfill one of the affirmative requirements for qualification, or for cause; provided, however, that a director may not be removed if the number of votes sufficient to elect the director under cumulative voting is voted against the director’s removal.


FIFTH.     The authorized amount of capital stock of this association shall be ten thousand shares of common stock of the par value of one hundred dollars ($100) each; but said capital stock may be increased or decreased from time to time, according to the provisions of the laws of the United States.

No holder of shares of the capital stock of any class of the association shall have any preemptive or preferential right of subscription to any shares of any class of stock of the association, whether now or hereafter authorized, or to any obligations convertible into stock of the association, issued, or sold, nor any right of subscription to any thereof other than such, if any, as the board of directors, in its discretion, may from time to time determine and at such price as the board of directors may from time to time fix. Preemptive rights also must be approved by a vote of holders of two-thirds of the bank’s outstanding voting shares. Unless otherwise specified in these articles of association or required by law, (1) all matters requiring shareholder action, including amendments to the articles of association, must be approved by shareholders owning a majority voting interest in the outstanding voting stock, and (2) each shareholder shall be entitled to one vote per share.

Unless otherwise specified in these articles of association or required by law, all shares of voting stock shall be voted together as a class, on any matters requiring shareholder approval. If a proposed amendment would affect two or more classes or series in the same or a substantially similar way, all the classes or series so affected must vote together as a single voting group on the proposed amendment.

Shares of one class or series may be issued as a dividend for shares of the same class or series on a pro rata basis and without consideration. Shares of one class or series may be issued as share dividends for a different class or series of stock if approved by a majority of the votes entitled to be cast by the class or series to be issued, unless there are no outstanding shares of the class or series to be issued. Unless otherwise provided by the board of directors, the record date for determining shareholders entitled to a share dividend shall be the date authorized by the board of directors for the share dividend.

Unless otherwise provided in the bylaws, the record date for determining shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at any meeting is the close of business on the day before the first notice is mailed or otherwise sent to the shareholders, provided that in no event may a record date be more than 70 days before the meeting.

If a shareholder is entitled to fractional shares pursuant to a stock dividend, consolidation or merger, reverse stock split or otherwise, the association may: (a) issue fractional shares; (b) in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares, issue script or warrants entitling the holder to receive a full share upon surrendering enough script or warrants to equal a full share; (c) if there is an established and active market in the association’s stock, make reasonable arrangements to provide the shareholder with an opportunity to realize a fair price through sale of the fraction, or purchase of the additional fraction required for a full share; (d) remit the cash equivalent of the fraction to the shareholder; or (e) sell full shares representing all the fractions at public auction or to the highest bidder after having solicited and received sealed bids from at least three licensed stock brokers; and distribute the proceeds pro rata to shareholders who otherwise would be entitled to the fractional shares. The holder of a fractional share is entitled to exercise the rights for shareholder, including the right to vote, to receive dividends, and to participate in the assets of the association upon liquidation, in proportion to the fractional interest. The holder of script or warrants is not entitled to any of these rights unless the script or warrants explicitly provide for such rights. The script or warrants may be subject to such additional conditions as: (1) that the script or warrants will


become void if not exchanged for full shares before a specified date; and (2) that the shares for which the script or warrants are exchangeable may be sold at the option of the association and the proceeds paid to scriptholders.

The association, at any time and from time to time, may authorize and issue debt obligations, whether or not subordinated, without the approval of the shareholders. Obligations classified as debt, whether or not subordinated, which may be issued by the association without the approval of shareholders, do not carry voting rights on any issue, including an increase or decrease in the aggregate number of the securities, or the exchange or reclassification of all or part of securities into securities of another class or series.

SIXTH.     The board of directors shall appoint one of its members president of this association, and one of its members chairperson of the board and shall have the power to appoint one or more vice presidents, a secretary who shall keep minutes of the directors’ and shareholders’ meetings and be responsible for authenticating the records of the association, and such other officers and employees as may be required to transact the business of this association.

A duly appointed officer may appoint one or more officers or assistant officers if authorized by the board of directors in accordance with the bylaws.

The board of directors shall have the power to:

 

  1)

Define the duties of the officers, employees, and agents of the association.

 

  2)

Delegate the performance of its duties, but not the responsibility for its duties, to the officers, employees, and agents of the association.

 

  3)

Fix the compensation and enter into employment contracts with its officers and employees upon reasonable terms and conditions consistent with applicable law.

 

  4)

Dismiss officers and employees.

 

  5)

Require bonds from officers and employees and to fix the penalty thereof.

 

  6)

Ratify written policies authorized by the association’s management or committees of the board.

 

  7)

Regulate the manner in which any increase or decrease of the capital of the association shall be made, provided that nothing herein shall restrict the power of shareholders to increase or decrease the capital of the association in accordance with law, and nothing shall raise or lower from two-thirds the percentage required for shareholder approval to increase or reduce the capital.

 

  8)

Manage and administer the business and affairs of the association.

 

  9)

Adopt initial bylaws, not inconsistent with law or the articles of association, for managing the business and regulating the affairs of the association.

 

  10)

Amend or repeal bylaws, except to the extent that the articles of association reserve this power in whole or in part to shareholders.

 

  11)

Make contracts.

 

  12)

Generally perform all acts that are legal for a board of directors to perform.

SEVENTH.     The board of directors shall have the power to change the location of the main office to any other place within the limits of Wilmington, Delaware, without the approval of the shareholders, or with a vote of shareholders owning two-thirds of the stock of such association for a relocation outside such limits and upon receipt of a certificate of approval from the Comptroller of the Currency, to any


other location within or outside the limits of Wilmington Delaware, but not more than 30 miles beyond such limits. The board of directors shall have the power to establish or change the location of any branch or branches of the association to any other location permitted under applicable law, without approval of shareholders, subject to approval by the Comptroller of the Currency.

EIGHTH.     The corporate existence of this association shall continue until termination according to the laws of the United States.

NINTH.     The board of directors of this association, or any one or more shareholders owning, in the aggregate, not less than 50 percent of the stock of this association, may call a special meeting of shareholders at any time. Unless otherwise provided by the bylaws or the laws of the United States, a notice of the time, place, and purpose of every annual and special meeting of the shareholders shall be given at least 10 days prior to the meeting by first-class mail, unless the OCC determines that an emergency circumstance exists. If the association is a wholly-owned subsidiary, the sole shareholder may waive notice of the shareholders’ meeting. Unless otherwise provided by the bylaws or these articles, any action requiring approval of shareholders must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting.

TENTH.     For purposes of this Article Tenth, the term “institution-affiliated party” shall mean any institution-affiliated party of the association as such term is defined in 12 U.S.C. 1813(u).

Any institution-affiliated party (or his or her heirs, executors or administrators) may be indemnified or reimbursed by the association for reasonable expenses actually incurred in connection with any threatened, pending or completed actions or proceedings and appeals therein, whether civil, criminal, governmental, administrative or investigative, in accordance with and to the fullest extent permitted by law, as such law now or hereafter exists; provided, however, that when an administrative proceeding or action instituted by a federal banking agency results in a final order or settlement pursuant to which such person: (i) is assessed a civil money penalty, (ii) is removed from office or prohibited from participating in the conduct of the affairs of the association, or (iii) is required to cease and desist from or to take any affirmative action described in 12 U.S.C. 1818(b) with respect to the association, then the association shall require the repayment of all legal fees and expenses advanced pursuant to the next succeeding paragraph and may not indemnify such institution-affiliated parties (or their heirs, executors or administrators) for expenses, including expenses for legal fees, penalties or other payments incurred. The association shall provide indemnification in connection with an action or proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by an institution-affiliated party (or by his or her heirs, executors or administrators) only if such action or proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the board of directors.

Expenses incurred by an institution-affiliated party (or by his or her heirs, executors or administrators) in connection with any action or proceeding under 12 U.S.C. 164 or 1818 may be paid by the association in advance of the final disposition of such action or proceeding upon (a) a determination by the board of directors acting by a quorum consisting of directors who are not parties to such action or proceeding that the institution-affiliated party (or his or her heirs, executors or administrators) has a reasonable basis for prevailing on the merits, (b) a determination that the indemnified individual (or his or her heirs, executors or administrators) will have the financial capacity to reimburse the bank in the event he or she does not prevail, (c) a determination that the payment of expenses and fees by the association will not adversely affect the safety and soundness of the association, and (d) receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such institution-affiliated party (or by his or her heirs, executors or administrators) to repay such advancement in the event of a final order or settlement pursuant to which such person: (i) is assessed a civil money penalty, (ii) is removed from office or prohibited from participating in the conduct


of the affairs of the association, or (iii) is required to cease and desist from or to take any affirmative action described in 12 U.S.C. 1818(b) with respect to the association. In all other instances, expenses incurred by an institution-affiliated party (or by his or her heirs, executors or administrators) in connection with any action or proceeding as to which indemnification may be given under these articles of association may be paid by the association in advance of the final disposition of such action or proceeding upon (a) receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such institution-affiliated party (or by or on behalf of his or her heirs, executors or administrators) to repay such advancement in the event that such institution-affiliated party (or his or her heirs, executors or administrators) is ultimately found not to be entitled to indemnification as authorized by these articles of association and (b) approval by the board of directors acting by a quorum consisting of directors who are not parties to such action or proceeding or, if such a quorum is not obtainable, then approval by stockholders. To the extent permitted by law, the board of directors or, if applicable, the stockholders, shall not be required to find that the institution-affiliated party has met the applicable standard of conduct provided by law for indemnification in connection with such action or proceeding.

In the event that a majority of the members of the board of directors are named as respondents in an administrative proceeding or civil action and request indemnification, the remaining members of the board may authorize independent legal counsel to review the indemnification request and provide the remaining members of the board with a written opinion of counsel as to whether the conditions delineated in the first four paragraphs of this Article Tenth have been met. If independent legal counsel opines that said conditions have been met, the remaining members of the board of directors may rely on such opinion in authorizing the requested indemnification.

In the event that all of the members of the board of directors are named as respondents in an administrative proceeding or civil action and request indemnification, the board shall authorize independent legal counsel to review the indemnification request and provide the board with a written opinion of counsel as to whether the conditions delineated in the first four paragraphs of this Article Tenth have been met. If legal counsel opines that said conditions have been met, the board of directors may rely on such opinion in authorizing the requested indemnification.

To the extent permitted under applicable law, the rights of indemnification and to the advancement of expenses provided in these articles of association (a) shall be available with respect to events occurring prior to the adoption of these articles of association, (b) shall continue to exist after any restrictive amendment of these articles of association with respect to events occurring prior to such amendment, (c) may be interpreted on the basis of applicable law in effect at the time of the occurrence of the event or events giving rise to the action or proceeding, or on the basis of applicable law in effect at the time such rights are claimed, and (d) are in the nature of contract rights which may be enforced in any court of competent jurisdiction as if the association and the institution-affiliated party (or his or her heirs, executors or administrators) for whom such rights are sought were parties to a separate written agreement.

The rights of indemnification and to the advancement of expenses provided in these articles of association shall not, to the extent permitted under applicable law, be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which any such institution affiliated party (or his or her heirs, executors or administrators) may now or hereafter be otherwise entitled whether contained in these articles of association, the bylaws, a resolution of stockholders, a resolution of the board of directors, or an agreement providing such indemnification, the creation of such other rights being hereby expressly authorized. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the rights of indemnification and to the advancement of expenses provided in these articles of association shall not be deemed exclusive of any rights, pursuant to statute or otherwise,


of any such institution-affiliated party (or of his or her heirs, executors or administrators) in any such action or proceeding to have assessed or allowed in his or her favor, against the association or otherwise, his or her costs and expenses incurred therein or in connection therewith or any part thereof.

If this Article Tenth or any part hereof shall be held unenforceable in any respect by a court of competent jurisdiction, it shall be deemed modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it enforceable, and the remainder of this Article Tenth shall remain fully enforceable.

The association may, upon affirmative vote of a majority of its board of directors, purchase insurance to indemnify its institution-affiliated parties to the extent that such indemnification is allowed in these articles of association; provided, however, that no such insurance shall include coverage to pay or reimburse any institution-affiliated party for the cost of any judgment or civil money penalty assessed against such person in an administrative proceeding or civil action commenced by any federal banking agency. Such insurance may, but need not, be for the benefit of all institution-affiliated parties.

ELEVENTH.    These articles of association may be amended at any regular or special meeting of the shareholders by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the stock of this association, unless the vote of the holders of a greater amount of stock is required by law, and in that case by the vote of the holders of such greater amount. The association’s board of directors may propose one or more amendments to the articles of association for submission to the shareholders.


EXHIBIT 4

AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS OF

WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION


AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

OF

WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

(Effective as of April 17, 2018)

ARTICLE I

Meetings of Shareholders

Section 1. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the shareholders to elect directors and transact whatever other business may properly come before the meeting shall be held at the main office of the association, Rodney Square North, 1100 Market Street, City of Wilmington, State of Delaware, at 1:00 o’clock p.m. on the first Tuesday in March of each year, or at such other place and time as the board of directors may designate, or if that date falls on a legal holiday in Delaware, on the next following banking day. Notice of the meeting shall be mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, at least 10 days and no more than 60 days prior to the date thereof, addressed to each shareholder at his/her address appearing on the books of the association. If, for any cause, an election of directors is not made on that date, or in the event of a legal holiday, on the next following banking day, an election may be held on any subsequent day within 60 days of the date fixed, to be designated by the board of directors, or, if the directors fail to fix the date, by shareholders representing two-thirds of the shares. In these circumstances, at least 10 days’ notice must be given by first class mail to shareholders.

Section 2. Special Meetings. Except as otherwise specifically provided by statute, special meetings of the shareholders may be called for any purpose at any time by the board of directors or by any one or more shareholders owning, in the aggregate, not less than fifty percent of the stock of the association. Every such special meeting, unless otherwise provided by law, shall be called by mailing, postage prepaid, not less than 10 days nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting, to each shareholder at the address appearing on the books of the association a notice stating the purpose of the meeting.

The board of directors may fix a record date for determining shareholders entitled to notice and to vote at any meeting, in reasonable proximity to the date of giving notice to the shareholders of such meeting. The record date for determining shareholders entitled to demand a special meeting is the date the first shareholder signs a demand for the meeting describing the purpose or purposes for which it is to be held.

A special meeting may be called by shareholders or the board of directors to amend the articles of association or bylaws, whether or not such bylaws may be amended by the board of directors in the absence of shareholder approval.

If an annual or special shareholders’ meeting is adjourned to a different date, time, or place, notice need not be given of the new date, time or place, if the new date, time or place is announced at the meeting before adjournment, unless any additional items of business are to be considered, or the association becomes aware of an intervening event materially affecting any matter to be voted on more than 10 days prior to the date to which the meeting is adjourned. If a new record date for the adjourned meeting is fixed, however, notice of the adjourned meeting must be given to persons who are shareholders as of the new record date. If, however, the meeting to elect the directors is adjourned before the election takes place, at least ten days’ notice of the new election must be given to the shareholders by first-class mail.


Section 3. Nominations of Directors. Nominations for election to the board of directors may be made by the board of directors or by any stockholder of any outstanding class of capital stock of the association entitled to vote for the election of directors. Nominations, other than those made by or on behalf of the existing management of the association, shall be made in writing and shall be delivered or mailed to the president of the association and the Comptroller of the Currency, Washington, D.C., not less than 14 days nor more than 50 days prior to any meeting of shareholders called for the election of directors; provided, however, that if less than 21 days’ notice of the meeting is given to shareholders, such nomination shall be mailed or delivered to the president of the association not later than the close of business on the seventh day following the day on which the notice of meeting was mailed. Such notification shall contain the following information to the extent known to the notifying shareholder:

 

  (1)

The name and address of each proposed nominee;

 

  (2)

The principal occupation of each proposed nominee;

 

  (3)

The total number of shares of capital stock of the association that will be voted for each proposed nominee;

 

  (4)

The name and residence of the notifying shareholder; and

 

  (5)

The number of shares of capital stock of the association owned by the notifying shareholder.

Nominations not made in accordance herewith may, in his/her discretion, be disregarded by the chairperson of the meeting, and upon his/her instructions, the vote tellers may disregard all votes cast for each such nominee.

Section 4. Proxies. Shareholders may vote at any meeting of the shareholders by proxies duly authorized in writing, but no officer or employee of this association shall act as proxy. Proxies shall be valid only for one meeting, to be specified therein, and any adjournments of such meeting. Proxies shall be dated and filed with the records of the meeting. Proxies with facsimile signatures may be used and unexecuted proxies may be counted upon receipt of a written confirmation from the shareholder. Proxies meeting the above requirements submitted at any time during a meeting shall be accepted.

Section 5. Quorum. A majority of the outstanding capital stock, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of shareholders, unless otherwise provided by law, or by the shareholders or directors pursuant to Article IX, Section 2, but less than a quorum may adjourn any meeting, from time to time, and the meeting may be held, as adjourned, without further notice. A majority of the votes cast shall decide every question or matter submitted to the shareholders at any meeting, unless otherwise provided by law or by the articles of association, or by the shareholders or directors pursuant to Article IX, Section 2. If a meeting for the election of directors is not held on the fixed date, at least 10 days’ notice must be given by first-class mail to the shareholders.

ARTICLE II

Directors

Section 1. Board of Directors. The board of directors shall have the power to manage and administer the business and affairs of the association. Except as expressly limited by law, all corporate powers of the association shall be vested in and may be exercised by the board of directors.

Section 2. Number. The board of directors shall consist of not less than five nor more than twenty-five members, unless the OCC has exempted the bank from the 25-member limit. The exact number within such minimum and maximum limits is to be fixed and determined from time to time by resolution of a majority of the full board of directors or by resolution of a majority of the shareholders at any meeting thereof.


Section 3. Organization Meeting. The secretary or treasurer, upon receiving the certificate of the judges of the result of any election, shall notify the directors-elect of their election and of the time at which they are required to meet at the main office of the association, or at such other place in the cities of Wilmington, Delaware or Buffalo, New York, to organize the new board of directors and elect and appoint officers of the association for the succeeding year. Such meeting shall be held on the day of the election or as soon thereafter as practicable, and, in any event, within 30 days thereof. If, at the time fixed for such meeting, there shall not be a quorum, the directors present may adjourn the meeting, from time to time, until a quorum is obtained.

Section 4. Regular Meetings. The Board of Directors may, at any time and from time to time, by resolution designate the place, date and hour for the holding of a regular meeting, but in the absence of any such designation, regular meetings of the board of directors shall be held, without notice, on the first Tuesday of each March, June and September, and on the second Tuesday of each December at the main office or other such place as the board of directors may designate. When any regular meeting of the board of directors falls upon a holiday, the meeting shall be held on the next banking business day unless the board of directors shall designate another day.

Section 5. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board of the association, or at the request of two or more directors. Each member of the board of directors shall be given notice by telegram, first class mail, or in person stating the time and place of each special meeting.

Section 6. Quorum. A majority of the entire board then in office shall constitute a quorum at any meeting, except when otherwise provided by law or these bylaws, but a lesser number may adjourn any meeting, from time to time, and the meeting may be held, as adjourned, without further notice. If the number of directors present at the meeting is reduced below the number that would constitute a quorum, no business may be transacted, except selecting directors to fill vacancies in conformance with Article II, Section 7. If a quorum is present, the board of directors may take action through the vote of a majority of the directors who are in attendance.

Section 7. Meetings by Conference Telephone. Any one or more members of the board of directors or any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of such board or committees by means of a conference telephone or similar communications equipment allowing all persons participating in the meeting to hear each other at the same time. Participation in a meeting by such means shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

Section 8. Procedures. The order of business and all other matters of procedure at every meeting of the board of directors may be determined by the person presiding at the meeting.

Section 9. Removal of Directors. Any director may be removed for cause, at any meeting of stockholders notice of which shall have referred to the proposed action, by vote of the stockholders. Any director may be removed without cause, at any meeting of stockholders notice of which shall have referred to the proposed action, by the vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of the Corporation entitled to vote. Any director may be removed for cause, at any meeting of the directors notice of which shall have referred to the proposed action, by vote of a majority of the entire Board of Directors.

Section 10. Vacancies. When any vacancy occurs among the directors, a majority of the remaining members of the board of directors, according to the laws of the United States, may appoint a director to fill such vacancy at any regular meeting of the board of directors, or at a special meeting called


for that purpose at which a quorum is present, or if the directors remaining in office constitute fewer than a quorum of the board of directors, by the affirmative vote of a majority of all the directors remaining in office, or by shareholders at a special meeting called for that purpose in conformance with Section 2 of Article I. At any such shareholder meeting, each shareholder entitled to vote shall have the right to multiply the number of votes he or she is entitled to cast by the number of vacancies being filled and cast the product for a single candidate or distribute the product among two or more candidates. A vacancy that will occur at a specific later date (by reason of a resignation effective at a later date) may be filled before the vacancy occurs but the new director may not take office until the vacancy occurs.

ARTICLE III

Committees of the Board

The board of directors has power over and is solely responsible for the management, supervision, and administration of the association. The board of directors may delegate its power, but none of its responsibilities, to such persons or committees as the board may determine.

The board of directors must formally ratify written policies authorized by committees of the board of directors before such policies become effective. Each committee must have one or more member(s), and who may be an officer of the association or an officer or director of any affiliate of the association, who serve at the pleasure of the board of directors. Provisions of the articles of association and these bylaws governing place of meetings, notice of meeting, quorum and voting requirements of the board of directors, apply to committees and their members as well. The creation of a committee and appointment of members to it must be approved by the board of directors.

Section 1. Loan Committee. There shall be a loan committee composed of not less than 2 directors, appointed by the board of directors annually or more often. The loan committee, on behalf of the bank, shall have power to discount and purchase bills, notes and other evidences of debt, to buy and sell bills of exchange, to examine and approve loans and discounts, to exercise authority regarding loans and discounts, and to exercise, when the board of directors is not in session, all other powers of the board of directors that may lawfully be delegated. The loan committee shall keep minutes of its meetings, and such minutes shall be submitted at the next regular meeting of the board of directors at which a quorum is present, and any action taken by the board of directors with respect thereto shall be entered in the minutes of the board of directors.

Section 2. Investment Committee. There shall be an investment committee composed of not less than 2 directors, appointed by the board of directors annually or more often. The investment committee, on behalf of the bank, shall have the power to ensure adherence to the investment policy, to recommend amendments thereto, to purchase and sell securities, to exercise authority regarding investments and to exercise, when the board of directors is not in session, all other powers of the board of directors regarding investment securities that may be lawfully delegated. The investment committee shall keep minutes of its meetings, and such minutes shall be submitted at the next regular meeting of the board of directors at which a quorum is present, and any action taken by the board of directors with respect thereto shall be entered in the minutes of the board of directors.

Section 3. Examining Committee. There shall be an examining committee composed of not less than 2 directors, exclusive of any active officers, appointed by the board of directors annually or more often. The duty of that committee shall be to examine at least once during each calendar year and within 15 months of the last examination the affairs of the association or cause suitable examinations to be made by auditors responsible only to the board of directors and to report the result of such examination


in writing to the board of directors at the next regular meeting thereafter. Such report shall state whether the association is in a sound condition, and whether adequate internal controls and procedures are being maintained and shall recommend to the board of directors such changes in the manner of conducting the affairs of the association as shall be deemed advisable.

Notwithstanding the provisions of the first paragraph of this section 3, the responsibility and authority of the Examining Committee may, if authorized by law, be given over to a duly constituted audit committee of the association’s parent corporation by a resolution duly adopted by the board of directors.

Section 4. Trust Audit Committee. There shall be a trust audit committee in conformance with Section 1 of Article V.

Section 5. Other Committees. The board of directors may appoint, from time to time, from its own members, compensation, special litigation and other committees of one or more persons, for such purposes and with such powers as the board of directors may determine.

However, a committee may not:

 

  (1)

Authorize distributions of assets or dividends;

 

  (2)

Approve action required to be approved by shareholders;

 

  (3)

Fill vacancies on the board of directors or any of its committees;

 

  (5)

Amend articles of association;

 

  (6)

Adopt, amend or repeal bylaws; or

 

  (6)

Authorize or approve issuance or sale or contract for sale of shares, or determine the designation and relative rights, preferences and limitations of a class or series of shares.

Section 6. Committee Members’ Fees. Committee members may receive a fee for their services as committee members and traveling and other out-of-pocket expenses incurred in attending any meeting of a committee of which they are a member. The fee may be a fixed sum to be paid for attending each meeting or a fixed sum to be paid quarterly, or semiannually, irrespective of the number of meetings attended or not attended. The amount of the fee and the basis on which it shall be paid shall be determined by the board of directors.

ARTICLE IV

Officers and Employees

Section 1. Officers. The board of directors shall annually, at the Annual Reorganization Meeting of the board of directors following the annual meeting of the shareholders, appoint or elect a Chairperson of the Board, a Chief Executive Officer and a President, and one or more Vice Presidents, a Corporate Secretary, a Treasurer, a General Auditor, and such other officers as it may determine. At the Annual Reorganization Meeting, the board of directors shall also elect or reelect all of the officers of the association to hold office until the next Annual Reorganization Meeting. In the interim between Annual Reorganization Meetings, the board of directors may also elect or appoint a Chief Executive Officer, a President or such additional officers to the rank of Vice President, including (without limitation as to title or number) one or more Administrative Vice Presidents, Group Vice Presidents, Senior Vice Presidents and Executive Vice Presidents, and any other officer positions as they deem necessary and appropriate. The Chief Executive Officer of M&T Bank, the head of the Human Resources Department of M&T Bank,


and any one executive Vice Chairman of M&T Bank, acting jointly, may appoint one or more officers to the rank of Executive Vice President or Senior Vice President. The head of the Human Resources Department of M&T Bank or his or her designee or designees, may appoint other officers up to the rank of Group Vice President, including (without limitation as to title or number) one or more Administrative Vice Presidents, Vice Presidents, Assistant Vice Presidents, Assistant Secretaries, Assistant Treasurers and Assistant Auditors, and any other officer positions as they deem necessary and appropriate. Each such person elected or appointed by the board of directors, the Chief Executive Officer of M&T Bank, the head of the Human Resources Department of M&T Bank, and an executive Vice Chairman of M&T Bank, acting jointly, or the head of the Human Resources Department of M&T Bank or his or her designee or designees, in between Annual Reorganization Meetings shall hold office until the next Annual Reorganization Meeting unless otherwise determined by the board of directors or such authorized officers.

Section 2. Chairperson of the Board. The board of directors shall appoint one of its members to be the chairperson of the board to serve at its pleasure. Such person shall preside at all meetings of the board of directors. The chairperson of the board shall supervise the carrying out of the policies adopted or approved by the board of directors; shall have general executive powers, as well as the specific powers conferred by these bylaws; and shall also have and may exercise such further powers and duties as from time to time may be conferred upon or assigned by the board of directors.

Section 3. President. The board of directors shall appoint one of its members to be the president of the association. In the absence of the chairperson, the president shall preside at any meeting of the board of directors. The president shall have general executive powers and shall have and may exercise any and all other powers and duties pertaining by law, regulation, or practice to the office of president, or imposed by these bylaws. The president shall also have and may exercise such further powers and duties as from time to time may be conferred or assigned by the board of directors.

Section 4. Vice President. The board of directors may appoint one or more vice presidents. Each vice president shall have such powers and duties as may be assigned by the board of directors. One vice president shall be designated by the board of directors, in the absence of the president, to perform all the duties of the president.

Section 5. Secretary. The board of directors shall appoint a secretary, treasurer, or other designated officer who shall be secretary of the board of directors and of the association and who shall keep accurate minutes of all meetings. The secretary shall attend to the giving of all notices required by these bylaws; shall be custodian of the corporate seal, records, documents and papers of the association; shall provide for the keeping of proper records of all transactions of the association; shall have and may exercise any and all other powers and duties pertaining by law, regulation or practice to the office of treasurer, or imposed by these bylaws; and shall also perform such other duties as may be assigned from time to time, by the board of directors.

Section 6. Other Officers. The board of directors may appoint one or more assistant vice presidents, one or more trust officers, one or more assistant secretaries, one or more assistant treasurers, one or more managers and assistant managers of branches and such other officers and attorneys in fact as from time to time may appear to the board of directors to be required or desirable to transact the business of the association. Such officers shall respectively exercise such powers and perform such duties as pertain to their several offices, or as may be conferred upon or assigned to them by the board of directors, the chairperson of the board, or the president. The board of directors may authorize an officer to appoint one or more officers or assistant officers.

Section 7. Tenure of Office. The president and all other officers shall hold office for the current year for which the board of directors was elected, unless they shall resign, become disqualified, or be removed; and any vacancy occurring in the office of president shall be filled promptly by the board of directors.


Section 8. Resignation. An officer may resign at any time by delivering notice to the association. A resignation is effective when the notice is given unless the notice specifies a later effective date.

ARTICLE V

Fiduciary Activities

Section 1. Trust Audit Committee. There shall be a Trust Audit Committee composed of not less than 2 directors, appointed by the board of directors, which shall, at least once during each calendar year make suitable audits of the association’s fiduciary activities or cause suitable audits to be made by auditors responsible only to the board, and at such time shall ascertain whether fiduciary powers have been administered according to law, Part 9 of the Regulations of the Comptroller of the Currency, and sound fiduciary principles. Such committee: (1) must not include any officers of the bank or an affiliate who participate significantly in the administration of the bank’s fiduciary activities; and (2) must consist of a majority of members who are not also members of any committee to which the board of directors has delegated power to manage and control the fiduciary activities of the bank.

Notwithstanding the provisions of the first paragraph of this section 1, the responsibility and authority of the Trust Audit Committee may, if authorized by law, be given over to a duly constituted audit committee of the association’s parent corporation by a resolution duly adopted by the board of directors.

Section 2. Fiduciary Files. There shall be maintained by the association all fiduciary records necessary to assure that its fiduciary responsibilities have been properly undertaken and discharged.

Section 3. Trust Investments. Funds held in a fiduciary capacity shall be invested according to the instrument establishing the fiduciary relationship and applicable law. Where such instrument does not specify the character and class of investments to be made, but does vest in the association investment discretion, funds held pursuant to such instrument shall be invested in investments in which corporate fiduciaries may invest under applicable law.

ARTICLE VI

Stock and Stock Certificates

Section 1. Transfers. Shares of stock shall be transferable on the books of the association, and a transfer book shall be kept in which all transfers of stock shall be recorded. Every person becoming a shareholder by such transfer shall in proportion to such shareholder’s shares, succeed to all rights of the prior holder of such shares. The board of directors may impose conditions upon the transfer of the stock reasonably calculated to simplify the work of the association with respect to stock transfers, voting at shareholder meetings and related matters and to protect it against fraudulent transfers.

Section 2. Stock Certificates. Certificates of stock shall bear the signature of the president (which may be engraved, printed or impressed) and shall be signed manually or by facsimile process by the secretary, assistant secretary, treasurer, assistant treasurer, or any other officer appointed by the board of directors for that purpose, to be known as an authorized officer, and the seal of the association shall be engraved thereon. Each certificate shall recite on its face that the stock represented thereby is transferable only upon the books of the association properly endorsed.


The board of directors may adopt or use procedures for replacing lost, stolen, or destroyed stock certificates as permitted by law.

The association may establish a procedure through which the beneficial owner of shares that are registered in the name of a nominee may be recognized by the association as the shareholder. The procedure may set forth:

 

  (1)

The types of nominees to which it applies;

 

  (2)

The rights or privileges that the association recognizes in a beneficial owner;

 

  (3)

How the nominee may request the association to recognize the beneficial owner as the shareholder;

 

  (4)

The information that must be provided when the procedure is selected;

 

  (5)

The period over which the association will continue to recognize the beneficial owner as the shareholder;

 

  (6)

Other aspects of the rights and duties created.

ARTICLE VII

Corporate Seal

Section 1. Seal. The seal of the association shall be in such form as may be determined from time to time by the board of directors. The president, the treasurer, the secretary or any assistant treasurer or assistant secretary, or other officer thereunto designated by the board of directors shall have authority to affix the corporate seal to any document requiring such seal and to attest the same. The seal on any corporate obligation for the payment of money may be facsimile.

ARTICLE VIII

Miscellaneous Provisions

Section 1. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the association shall be the calendar year.

Section 2. Execution of Instruments. All agreements, indentures, mortgages, deeds, conveyances, transfers, certificates, declarations, receipts, discharges, releases, satisfactions, settlements, petitions, schedules, accounts, affidavits, bonds, undertakings, proxies and other instruments or documents may be signed, executed, acknowledged, verified, delivered or accepted on behalf of the association by the chairperson of the board, or the president, or any vice president, or the secretary, or the treasurer, or, if in connection with the exercise of fiduciary powers of the association, by any of those offices or by any trust officer. Any such instruments may also be executed, acknowledged, verified, delivered or accepted on behalf of the association in such other manner and by such other officers as the board of directors may from time to time direct. The provisions of this section 2 are supplementary to any other provision of these bylaws.

Section 3. Records. The articles of association, the bylaws and the proceedings of all meetings of the shareholders, the board of directors, and standing committees of the board of directors shall be recorded in appropriate minute books provided for that purpose. The minutes of each meeting shall be signed by the secretary, treasurer or other officer appointed to act as secretary of the meeting.

Section 4. Corporate Governance Procedures. To the extent not inconsistent with federal banking statutes and regulations, or safe and sound banking practices, the association may follow the Delaware General Corporation Law, Del. Code Ann. tit. 8 (1991, as amended 1994, and as amended thereafter) with respect to matters of corporate governance procedures.


Section 5. Indemnification. For purposes of this Section 5 of Article VIII, the term “institution-affiliated party” shall mean any institution-affiliated party of the association as such term is defined in 12 U.S.C. 1813(u).

Any institution-affiliated party (or his or her heirs, executors or administrators) may be indemnified or reimbursed by the association for reasonable expenses actually incurred in connection with any threatened, pending or completed actions or proceedings and appeals therein, whether civil, criminal, governmental, administrative or investigative, in accordance with and to the fullest extent permitted by law, as such law now or hereafter exists; provided, however, that when an administrative proceeding or action instituted by a federal banking agency results in a final order or settlement pursuant to which such person: (i) is assessed a civil money penalty, (ii) is removed from office or prohibited from participating in the conduct of the affairs of the association, or (iii) is required to cease and desist from or to take any affirmative action described in 12 U.S.C. 1818(b) with respect to the association, then the association shall require the repayment of all legal fees and expenses advanced pursuant to the next succeeding paragraph and may not indemnify such institution-affiliated parties (or their heirs, executors or administrators) for expenses, including expenses for legal fees, penalties or other payments incurred. The association shall provide indemnification in connection with an action or proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by an institution-affiliated party (or by his or her heirs, executors or administrators) only if such action or proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the board of directors.

Expenses incurred by an institution-affiliated party (or by his or her heirs, executors or administrators) in connection with any action or proceeding under 12 U.S.C. 164 or 1818 may be paid by the association in advance of the final disposition of such action or proceeding upon (a) a determination by the board of directors acting by a quorum consisting of directors who are not parties to such action or proceeding that the institution-affiliated party (or his or her heirs, executors or administrators) has a reasonable basis for prevailing on the merits, (b) a determination that the indemnified individual (or his or her heirs, executors or administrators) will have the financial capacity to reimburse the bank in the event he or she does not prevail, (c) a determination that the payment of expenses and fees by the association will not adversely affect the safety and soundness of the association, and (d) receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such institution-affiliated party (or by his or her heirs, executors or administrators) to repay such advancement in the event of a final order or settlement pursuant to which such person: (i) is assessed a civil money penalty, (ii) is removed from office or prohibited from participating in the conduct of the affairs of the association, or (iii) is required to cease and desist from or to take any affirmative action described in 12 U.S.C. 1818(b) with respect to the association. In all other instances, expenses incurred by an institution-affiliated party (or by his or her heirs, executors or administrators) in connection with any action or proceeding as to which indemnification may be given under these articles of association may be paid by the association in advance of the final disposition of such action or proceeding upon (a) receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such institution-affiliated party (or by or on behalf of his or her heirs, executors or administrators) to repay such advancement in the event that such institution- affiliated party (or his or her heirs, executors or administrators) is ultimately found not to be entitled to indemnification as authorized by these bylaws and (b) approval by the board of directors acting by a quorum consisting of directors who are not parties to such action or proceeding or, if such a quorum is not obtainable, then approval by stockholders. To the extent permitted by law, the board of directors or, if applicable, the stockholders, shall not be required to find that the institution-affiliated party has met the applicable standard of conduct provided by law for indemnification in connection with such action or proceeding.

In the event that a majority of the members of the board of directors are named as respondents in an administrative proceeding or civil action and request indemnification, the remaining members of the


board may authorize independent legal counsel to review the indemnification request and provide the remaining members of the board with a written opinion of counsel as to whether the conditions delineated in the first four paragraphs of this Section 5 of Article VIII have been met. If independent legal counsel opines that said conditions have been met, the remaining members of the board of directors may rely on such opinion in authorizing the requested indemnification.

In the event that all of the members of the board of directors are named as respondents in an administrative proceeding or civil action and request indemnification, the board shall authorize independent legal counsel to review the indemnification request and provide the board with a written opinion of counsel as to whether the conditions delineated in the first four paragraphs of this Section 5 of Article VIII have been met. If legal counsel opines that said conditions have been met, the board of directors may rely on such opinion in authorizing the requested indemnification.

To the extent permitted under applicable law, the rights of indemnification and to the advancement of expenses provided in these articles of association (a) shall be available with respect to events occurring prior to the adoption of these bylaws, (b) shall continue to exist after any restrictive amendment of these bylaws with respect to events occurring prior to such amendment, (c) may be interpreted on the basis of applicable law in effect at the time of the occurrence of the event or events giving rise to the action or proceeding, or on the basis of applicable law in effect at the time such rights are claimed, and (d) are in the nature of contract rights which may be enforced in any court of competent jurisdiction as if the association and the institution-affiliated party (or his or her heirs, executors or administrators) for whom such rights are sought were parties to a separate written agreement.

The rights of indemnification and to the advancement of expenses provided in these bylaws shall not, to the extent permitted under applicable law, be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which any such institution-affiliated party (or his or her heirs, executors or administrators) may now or hereafter be otherwise entitled whether contained in the association’s articles of association, these bylaws, a resolution of stockholders, a resolution of the board of directors, or an agreement providing such indemnification, the creation of such other rights being hereby expressly authorized. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the rights of indemnification and to the advancement of expenses provided in these bylaws shall not be deemed exclusive of any rights, pursuant to statute or otherwise, of any such institution-affiliated party (or of his or her heirs, executors or administrators) in any such action or proceeding to have assessed or allowed in his or her favor, against the association or otherwise, his or her costs and expenses incurred therein or in connection therewith or any part thereof.

If this Section 5 of Article VIII or any part hereof shall be held unenforceable in any respect by a court of competent jurisdiction, it shall be deemed modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it enforceable, and the remainder of this Section 5 of Article VIII shall remain fully enforceable.

The association may, upon affirmative vote of a majority of its board of directors, purchase insurance to indemnify its institution-affiliated parties to the extent that such indemnification is allowed in these bylaws; provided, however, that no such insurance shall include coverage for a final order assessing civil money penalties against such persons by a bank regulatory agency. Such insurance may, but need not, be for the benefit of all institution- affiliated parties.


ARTICLE IX

Inspection and Amendments

Section 1. Inspection. A copy of the bylaws of the association, with all amendments, shall at all times be kept in a convenient place at the main office of the association, and shall be open for inspection to all shareholders during banking hours.

Section 2. Amendments. The bylaws of the association may be amended, altered or repealed, at any regular meeting of the board of directors, by a vote of a majority of the total number of the directors except as provided below, and provided that the following language accompany any such change.

I,                             , certify that: (1) I am the duly constituted (secretary or treasurer) of                                                  and secretary of its board of directors, and as such officer am the official custodian of its records; (2) the foregoing bylaws are the bylaws of the association, and all of them are now lawfully in force and effect.

I have hereunto affixed my official signature on this                            day of                    .

 

                                                                                       

 

                         (Secretary or Treasurer)

The association’s shareholders may amend or repeal the bylaws even though the bylaws also may be amended or repealed by the board of directors.


EXHIBIT 6

Section 321(b) Consent

Pursuant to Section 321(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, Wilmington Trust, National Association hereby consents that reports of examinations by Federal, State, Territorial or District authorities may be furnished by such authorities to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon requests therefor.

 

    WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Dated: October 1, 2019     By:  

/s/ Jane Y. Schweiger

      Name: Jane Y. Schweiger
      Title:    Vice President


EXHIBIT 7

REPORT OF CONDITION

WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

As of the close of business on June 30, 2019

 

     Thousands of Dollars  

ASSETS

  

Cash and balances due from depository institutions:

     3,698,300  

Securities:

     5,576  

Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreement to resell:

     0  

Loans and leases held for sale:

     0  

Loans and leases net of unearned income, allowance:

     149,609  

Premises and fixed asset

     16,139  

Other real estate owned:

     532  

Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies:

     0  

Direct and indirect investments in real estate ventures:

     0  

Intangible assets:

     1,295  

Other assets:

     101,423  

Total Assets:

     3,972,874  
     Thousands of Dollars  

LIABILITIES

  

Deposits

     3,276,712  

Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase

     0  

Other borrowed money:

     0  

Other Liabilities:

     113,034  

Total Liabilities

     3,389,746  
     Thousands of Dollars  

EQUITY CAPITAL

  

Common Stock

     1,000  

Surplus

     400,587  

Retained Earnings

     181,914  

Accumulated other comprehensive income

     (373

Total Equity Capital

     583,128  

Total Liabilities and Equity Capital

     3,972,874