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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

FORM 10-Q

 

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2019  

OR

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from            to           

Commission File Number: 001-16545

 

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Delaware

 

13-4146982

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

 

 

2000 Westchester Avenue, Purchase, New York

 

10577

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

(914) 701-8000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes      No  

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).Yes      No  

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

 Large accelerated filer       Accelerated filer      Non-accelerated filer       Smaller reporting company       Emerging growth company

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes      No  

As of April 25, 2019, there were 25,851,710 shares of the registrant’s Common Stock outstanding.

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

 

Trading

Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, $0.01 Par Value

 

AAWW

 

The NASDAQ Global Select Market

 

 

 

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

Part I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1.

 

Financial Statements

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018 (unaudited)

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 (unaudited)

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 (unaudited)

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Three Months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 (unaudited)

 

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity as of and for the Three Months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 (unaudited)

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

Item 2.

 

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

22

 

 

 

 

 

Item 3.

 

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

 

30

 

 

 

 

 

Item 4.

 

Controls and Procedures

 

31

 

 

 

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1.

 

Legal Proceedings

 

32

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1A.

 

Risk Factors

 

32

 

 

 

 

 

Item 6.

 

Exhibits

 

32

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit Index

 

33

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Signatures

 

34

 

 

 

 


 

PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc.

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(in thousands, except share data)

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

March 31, 2019

 

 

December 31, 2018

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

154,466

 

 

$

221,501

 

Short-term investments

 

 

11,425

 

 

 

15,624

 

Restricted cash

 

 

10,038

 

 

 

11,240

 

Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $1,654 and $1,563, respectively

 

 

255,100

 

 

 

269,320

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

 

121,503

 

 

 

112,146

 

Total current assets

 

 

552,532

 

 

 

629,831

 

Property and Equipment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flight equipment

 

 

5,200,911

 

 

 

5,213,734

 

Ground equipment

 

 

78,644

 

 

 

75,939

 

Less:  accumulated depreciation

 

 

(903,564

)

 

 

(860,354

)

Flight equipment modifications in progress

 

 

64,695

 

 

 

32,916

 

Property and equipment, net

 

 

4,440,686

 

 

 

4,462,235

 

Other Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating lease right-of-use assets

 

 

568,393

 

 

 

-

 

Deferred costs and other assets

 

 

369,126

 

 

 

345,037

 

Intangible assets, net and goodwill

 

 

84,731

 

 

 

97,689

 

Total Assets

 

$

6,015,468

 

 

$

5,534,792

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities and Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

 

$

69,383

 

 

$

87,229

 

Accrued liabilities

 

 

457,472

 

 

 

465,669

 

Current portion of long-term debt and finance lease

 

 

266,230

 

 

 

264,835

 

Current portion of long-term operating leases

 

 

143,601

 

 

 

-

 

Total current liabilities

 

 

936,686

 

 

 

817,733

 

Other Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-term debt and finance lease

 

 

2,139,267

 

 

 

2,205,005

 

Long-term operating leases

 

 

478,231

 

 

 

-

 

Deferred taxes

 

 

261,042

 

 

 

256,970

 

Financial instruments and other liabilities

 

 

165,293

 

 

 

187,120

 

Total other liabilities

 

 

3,043,833

 

 

 

2,649,095

 

Commitments and contingencies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stockholders’ Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred stock, $1 par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Common stock, $0.01 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized;

    31,022,115 and 30,582,571 shares issued, 25,850,498 and 25,590,293

    shares outstanding (net of treasury stock), as of March 31, 2019

    and December 31, 2018, respectively

 

 

310

 

 

 

306

 

Additional paid-in-capital

 

 

741,652

 

 

 

736,035

 

Treasury stock, at cost; 5,171,617 and 4,992,278 shares, respectively

 

 

(213,690

)

 

 

(204,501

)

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

 

(3,569

)

 

 

(3,832

)

Retained earnings

 

 

1,510,246

 

 

 

1,539,956

 

Total stockholders’ equity

 

 

2,034,949

 

 

 

2,067,964

 

Total Liabilities and Equity

 

$

6,015,468

 

 

$

5,534,792

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements

 

3


 

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Operations

(in thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

For the Three Months Ended

 

 

 

March 31, 2019

 

 

March 31, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating Revenue

 

$

679,683

 

 

$

590,014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Salaries, wages and benefits

 

 

145,474

 

 

 

125,082

 

Aircraft fuel

 

 

106,321

 

 

 

96,303

 

Maintenance, materials and repairs

 

 

103,620

 

 

 

84,879

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

64,481

 

 

 

49,630

 

Travel

 

 

45,029

 

 

 

39,847

 

Aircraft rent

 

 

41,888

 

 

 

39,524

 

Navigation fees, landing fees and other rent

 

 

40,216

 

 

 

35,597

 

Passenger and ground handling services

 

 

32,160

 

 

 

28,062

 

Transaction-related expenses

 

 

2,527

 

 

 

270

 

Other

 

 

51,093

 

 

 

50,251

 

Total Operating Expenses

 

 

632,809

 

 

 

549,445

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating Income

 

 

46,874

 

 

 

40,569

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-operating  Expenses (Income)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest income

 

 

(2,044

)

 

 

(1,724

)

Interest expense

 

 

30,353

 

 

 

27,342

 

Capitalized interest

 

 

(463

)

 

 

(1,750

)

Loss on early extinguishment of debt

 

 

245

 

 

 

-

 

Unrealized loss on financial instruments

 

 

46,575

 

 

 

7,740

 

Other income, net

 

 

(2,975

)

 

 

(4,475

)

Total Non-operating Expenses (Income)

 

 

71,691

 

 

 

27,133

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes

 

 

(24,817

)

 

 

13,436

 

Income tax expense

 

 

4,893

 

 

 

3,808

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income (loss) from continuing operations, net of taxes

 

 

(29,710

)

 

 

9,628

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss from discontinued operations, net of taxes

 

 

-

 

 

 

(16

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Income (Loss)

 

$

(29,710

)

 

$

9,612

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings (loss) per share from continuing operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

$

(1.15

)

 

$

0.38

 

Diluted

 

$

(1.15

)

 

$

0.37

 

Loss per share from discontinued operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

$

-

 

 

$

(0.00

)

Diluted

 

$

-

 

 

$

(0.00

)

Earnings (loss) per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

$

(1.15

)

 

$

0.38

 

Diluted

 

$

(1.15

)

 

$

0.37

 

Weighted average shares:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

 

25,735

 

 

 

25,436

 

Diluted

 

 

25,735

 

 

 

25,956

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements

4


 

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)

(in thousands)

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

For the Three Months Ended

 

 

 

March 31, 2019

 

 

March 31, 2018

 

Net Income (Loss)

 

$

(29,710

)

 

$

9,612

 

Other comprehensive income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reclassification to interest expense

 

 

344

 

 

 

385

 

Income tax expense

 

 

(81

)

 

 

(57

)

Other comprehensive income

 

 

263

 

 

 

328

 

Comprehensive Income (Loss)

 

$

(29,447

)

 

$

9,940

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements

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Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(in thousands)

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

For the Three Months Ended

 

 

 

March 31, 2019

 

 

March 31, 2018

 

Operating Activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income (loss) from continuing operations, net of taxes

 

$

(29,710

)

 

$

9,628

 

Less: Loss from discontinued operations, net of taxes

 

 

-

 

 

 

(16

)

Net Income (Loss)

 

 

(29,710

)

 

 

9,612

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjustments to reconcile Net Income (Loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

78,988

 

 

 

59,796

 

Accretion of debt securities discount

 

 

(127

)

 

 

(270

)

Provision for allowance for doubtful accounts

 

 

34

 

 

 

3,064

 

Loss on early extinguishment of debt

 

 

245

 

 

 

-

 

Unrealized loss on financial instruments

 

 

46,575

 

 

 

7,740

 

Deferred taxes

 

 

4,751

 

 

 

3,716

 

Stock-based compensation

 

 

5,621

 

 

 

5,846

 

Changes in:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable

 

 

9,686

 

 

 

(3,414

)

Prepaid expenses, current assets and other assets

 

 

(42,309

)

 

 

(986

)

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

 

 

(19,985

)

 

 

(15,979

)

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

 

53,769

 

 

 

69,125

 

Investing Activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital expenditures

 

 

(30,584

)

 

 

(26,091

)

Payments for flight equipment and modifications

 

 

(57,332

)

 

 

(236,536

)

Proceeds from insurance

 

 

38,133

 

 

 

-

 

Proceeds from investments

 

 

4,961

 

 

 

1,438

 

Net cash used for investing activities

 

 

(44,822

)

 

 

(261,189

)

Financing Activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from debt issuance

 

 

19,723

 

 

 

19,357

 

Payment of debt issuance costs

 

 

(955

)

 

 

(810

)

Payments of debt and finance lease obligations

 

 

(90,907

)

 

 

(56,819

)

Proceeds from revolving credit facility

 

 

-

 

 

 

75,000

 

Customer maintenance reserves and deposits received

 

 

4,144

 

 

 

4,094

 

Purchase of treasury stock

 

 

(9,189

)

 

 

(10,218

)

Net cash provided by (used for) financing activities

 

 

(77,184

)

 

 

30,604

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

 

 

(68,237

)

 

 

(161,460

)

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at the beginning of period

 

 

232,741

 

 

 

291,864

 

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at the end of period

 

$

164,504

 

 

$

130,404

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Noncash Investing and Financing Activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Acquisition of flight equipment included in Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

 

$

7,752

 

 

$

61,846

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements

 

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Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity

(in thousands, except share data)

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional

 

 

Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

 

Common

 

 

Treasury

 

 

Paid-In

 

 

Comprehensive

 

 

Retained

 

 

Stockholders'

 

 

 

Stock

 

 

Stock

 

 

Capital

 

 

Loss

 

 

Earnings

 

 

Equity

 

Balance at December 31, 2018

 

$

306

 

 

$

(204,501

)

 

$

736,035

 

 

$

(3,832

)

 

$

1,539,956

 

 

$

2,067,964

 

Net Income (Loss)

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(29,710

)

 

 

(29,710

)

Other comprehensive income

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

263

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

263

 

Stock-based compensation

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

5,621

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

5,621

 

Purchase of 179,339 shares of treasury stock

 

 

-

 

 

 

(9,189

)

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(9,189

)

Issuance of 439,544 shares of restricted stock

 

 

4

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(4

)

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Balance at March 31, 2019

 

$

310

 

 

$

(213,690

)

 

$

741,652

 

 

$

(3,569

)

 

$

1,510,246

 

 

$

2,034,949

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional

 

 

Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

 

Common

 

 

Treasury

 

 

Paid-In

 

 

Comprehensive

 

 

Retained

 

 

Stockholders'

 

 

 

Stock

 

 

Stock

 

 

Capital

 

 

Loss

 

 

Earnings

 

 

Equity

 

Balance at December 31, 2017

 

$

301

 

 

$

(193,732

)

 

$

715,735

 

 

$

(3,993

)

 

$

1,271,545

 

 

$

1,789,856

 

Net Income

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

9,612

 

 

 

9,612

 

Other comprehensive income

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

328

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

328

 

Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(3,125

)

 

 

(3,125

)

Stock-based compensation

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

5,846

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

5,846

 

Purchase of 171,502 shares of treasury stock

 

 

-

 

 

 

(10,218

)

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(10,218

)

Issuance of 439,726 shares of restricted stock

 

 

4

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(4

)

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Reclassification of tax effect on other comprehensive loss

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(970

)

 

 

970

 

 

 

-

 

Balance at March 31, 2018

 

$

305

 

 

$

(203,950

)

 

$

721,577

 

 

$

(4,635

)

 

$

1,279,002

 

 

$

1,792,299

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements

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Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc.

Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements

March 31, 2019

1. Basis of Presentation

Our consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the holding company, Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (“AAWW”), and its consolidated subsidiaries.  AAWW is the parent company of Atlas Air, Inc. (“Atlas”) and Southern Air Holdings, Inc. (“Southern Air”).  AAWW is also the parent company of several subsidiaries related to our dry leasing services (collectively referred to as “Titan”).  AAWW has a 51% equity interest and 75% voting interest in Polar Air Cargo Worldwide, Inc. (“Polar”).  We record our share of Polar’s results under the equity method of accounting.

The terms “we,” “us,” “our,” and the “Company” mean AAWW and all entities included in its consolidated financial statements.

We provide outsourced aircraft and aviation operating services throughout the world, serving Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East, North America and South America through: (i) contractual service arrangements, including those through which we provide aircraft to customers and value-added services, including crew, maintenance and insurance (“ACMI”), as well as those through which we provide crew, maintenance and insurance, but not the aircraft (“CMI”); (ii) cargo and passenger charter services (“Charter”); and (iii) dry leasing aircraft and engines (“Dry Leasing” or “Dry Lease”).

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements and related notes (the “Financial Statements”) have been prepared in accordance with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) requirements for quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and consequently exclude certain disclosures normally included in audited consolidated financial statements prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”).  Intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated.  The Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and the notes included in the AAWW Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, which includes additional disclosures and a summary of our significant accounting policies.  The December 31, 2018 balance sheet data was derived from that Annual Report.  In our opinion, the Financial Statements contain all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring items, necessary to fairly state the financial position of AAWW and its consolidated subsidiaries as of March 31, 2019, the results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, comprehensive income (loss) for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, and shareholders’ equity as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018.

Our quarterly results are subject to seasonal and other fluctuations, and the operating results for any quarter are therefore not necessarily indicative of results that may be otherwise expected for the entire year.

Except for per share data, all dollar amounts are in thousands unless otherwise noted.

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

Warrant Liability

Common stock warrants classified as a liability are marked-to-market at the end of each reporting period with changes in fair value recorded in Unrealized (gain) loss on financial instruments.  We utilize a Monte Carlo simulation approach to estimate the fair value of the warrant liability, which requires inputs such as our common stock price, the warrant strike price, estimated common stock price volatility and risk-free interest rate, among others.  Our earnings are affected by changes in our common stock price due to the impact those changes have on the fair value of our warrant liability (see Note 4 to our Financial Statements).

Heavy Maintenance

Except for engines used on our 747-8F aircraft, we account for heavy maintenance costs for airframes and engines used in our ACMI and Charter segments using the direct expense method. Under this method, heavy maintenance costs are charged to expense upon induction, based on our best estimate of the costs.

We account for heavy maintenance costs for airframes and engines used in our Dry Leasing segment and engines used on our 747-8F aircraft using the deferral method.  Under this method, we defer the expense recognition of scheduled heavy maintenance events, which are amortized over the estimated period until the next scheduled heavy maintenance event is required.  Amortization of deferred maintenance expense included in Depreciation and amortization was $4.4 million and $2.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

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Deferred maintenance included within Deferred costs and other assets is as follows:

  

 

 

Deferred

 

 

 

Maintenance

 

Balance as of December 31, 2018

 

$

103,647

 

Deferred maintenance costs

 

 

36,622

 

Amortization of deferred maintenance

 

 

(4,442

)

Balance as of March 31, 2019

 

$

135,827

 

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements Adopted in 2019

 

In February 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) amended its accounting guidance for leases.  Subsequently, the FASB issued several clarifications and updates.  The guidance requires a lessee to recognize assets and liabilities on the balance sheet arising from leases with terms greater than 12 months.  While lessor accounting guidance is relatively unchanged, certain amendments were made to conform with changes made to lessee accounting and the amended revenue recognition guidance.  The new guidance continues to classify leases as either finance or operating, with classification affecting the presentation and pattern of expense and income recognition, in the statement of operations.  It also requires additional quantitative and qualitative disclosures about leasing arrangements.  We adopted the new guidance on January 1, 2019 using the modified retrospective approach, which was applied beginning on the adoption date.  Comparative information has not been restated and continues to be reported under the accounting guidance in effect for those periods.  The adoption did not have a material effect on our consolidated statements of operations or cash flows. We recognized operating lease right-of-use assets, net of pre-existing deferred rent and operating lease intangibles, and operating lease liabilities on our consolidated balance sheets of approximately $596.9 million and $650.0 million, respectively, on the adoption date (see Note 7 to our Financial Statements).

3. Related Parties

Polar

AAWW has a 51% equity interest and 75% voting interest in Polar.  DHL Network Operations (USA), Inc. (“DHL”), a subsidiary of Deutsche Post AG, holds a 49% equity interest and a 25% voting interest in Polar.  Polar is a variable interest entity that we do not consolidate because we are not the primary beneficiary as the risks associated with the direct costs of operation are with DHL.  Under a 20-year blocked space agreement, which began in 2008, Polar provides air cargo capacity to DHL.  Atlas has several agreements with Polar to provide ACMI, CMI, Dry Leasing, administrative, sales and ground support services to one another.  We do not have any financial exposure to fund debt obligations or operating losses of Polar, except for any liquidated damages that we could incur under these agreements.

 

The following table summarizes our transactions with Polar:

 

 

 

For the Three Months Ended

 

Revenue and Expenses:

 

March 31, 2019

 

 

March 31, 2018

 

Revenue from Polar

 

$

98,467

 

 

$

102,105

 

Ground handling and airport fees to Polar

 

 

518

 

 

 

636

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable/payable as of:

 

March 31, 2019

 

 

December 31, 2018

 

Receivables from Polar

 

$

14,872

 

 

$

16,349

 

Payables to Polar

 

 

2,834

 

 

 

2,527

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aggregate Carrying Value of Polar Investment as of:

 

March 31, 2019

 

 

December 31, 2018

 

Aggregate Carrying Value of Polar Investment

 

$

4,870

 

 

$

4,870

 

 

In addition to the amounts in the table above, Atlas recognized revenue of $23.0 million and $12.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, from flying on behalf of Polar.

GATS

We hold a 50% interest in GATS GP (BVI) Ltd. (“GATS”), a joint venture with an unrelated third party.  As of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, our investment in GATS was $21.8 million and $22.3 million, respectively.  We had Accounts payable to GATS of $0.6 million as of March 31, 2019 and $0.5 million as of December 31, 2018.

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4. Amazon

In May 2016, we entered into certain agreements with Amazon.com, Inc. and its subsidiary, Amazon Fulfillment Services, Inc., (collectively “Amazon”), which involves, among other things, CMI operation of up to 20 Boeing 767-300 freighter aircraft for Amazon by Atlas, as well as Dry Leasing by Titan.  The Dry Leases have a term of ten years from the commencement of each agreement, while the CMI operations are for seven years from the commencement of each agreement (with an option for Amazon to extend the term to ten years).  Between August 2016 and November 2018, we placed all 20 767-300 freighter aircraft into service for Amazon.  In February 2019, the number of 767-300 freighters in service for Amazon was reduced to 19 with the loss of an aircraft.

In conjunction with the agreements entered into in May 2016, we granted Amazon a warrant providing the right to acquire up to 20% of our outstanding common shares, after giving effect to the issuance of shares pursuant to the warrants, at an exercise price of $37.50 per share (“Warrant A”).  A portion of Warrant A, representing the right to purchase 3.75 million shares, vested immediately upon issuance of the warrant.  The remainder of Warrant A, representing the right to purchase 3.75 million shares, vested in increments of 375,000 when the lease and operation of each of the 11th through 20th aircraft commenced.  Warrant A is exercisable in accordance with its terms through 2021.  As of March 31, 2019, no portion of Warrant A has been exercised.

 

The agreements entered into in May 2016 also provided incentives for future growth of the relationship as Amazon may increase its business with us.  In that regard, we granted Amazon a warrant to acquire up to an additional 10% of our outstanding common shares, after giving effect to the issuance of shares pursuant to the warrants, for an exercise price of $37.50 per share (“Warrant B”).  This warrant to purchase 3.75 million shares will vest in increments of 37,500 shares each time Amazon has paid $4.2 million of revenue to us, up to a total of $420 million, for incremental business beyond the original 20 767-300 freighters.  As of March 31, 2019, no portion of Warrant B has vested.  Upon vesting, Warrant B would become exercisable in accordance with its terms through May 2023.

 

In March 2019, we amended the agreements entered into in 2016 with Amazon, pursuant to which we will provide CMI services using Boeing 737-800 freighter aircraft provided by Amazon.  The 737-800 CMI operations will be for a term of seven years from the commencement of each agreement (with an option for Amazon to extend the term to ten years).  Five of the 737-800 freighter aircraft are scheduled to be placed into service during 2019.  Amazon may, in its sole discretion, place up to 15 additional 737-800 freighter aircraft into service with us by May 31, 2021.

 

In connection with the amended agreements, we granted Amazon a warrant to acquire up to an additional 9.9% of our outstanding common shares, after giving effect to the issuance of shares pursuant to the warrants, for an exercise price of $52.90 per share (“Warrant C”). When combined with Warrant A and Warrant B, this would allow Amazon to acquire up to a total of 39.9% (after the issuance) of our outstanding common shares.  After Warrant B has vested in full, this warrant to purchase 6.6 million shares will vest in increments of 45,428 shares each time Amazon has paid $6.9 million of revenue to us, up to a total of $1.0 billion, for incremental business beyond Warrant A and Warrant B.  As of March 31, 2019, no portion of Warrant C has vested.  Upon vesting, Warrant C would become exercisable in accordance with its terms through March 2026.  

At the time of vesting, the fair value of the vested portion of the warrant issued to Amazon is recorded as a warrant liability within Financial instruments and other liabilities (the “Amazon Warrant”).  This initial fair value of the vested portion of the warrant is also recognized as a customer incentive asset within Deferred costs and other assets, net and is amortized as a reduction of Operating Revenue in proportion to the amount of revenue recognized over the terms of the Dry Leases and CMI agreements.  Determining the amount of amortization related to the CMI agreements requires significant judgment to estimate the total number of Block Hours expected over the terms of those agreements.  The following table provides a summary of the customer incentive asset:

 

Balance at December 31, 2018

 

$

184,720

 

Initial value for vested portion of warrant

 

 

-

 

Amortization of customer incentive asset

 

 

(6,286

)

Balance at March 31, 2019

 

$

178,434

 

 

We amortized $6.3 million and $2.6 million of the customer incentive asset for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.  There were no impairment losses for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018.

The Amazon Warrant liability is marked-to-market at the end of each reporting period with changes in fair value recorded in Unrealized loss (gain) on financial instruments.  We recognized net unrealized losses of $46.6 million and $7.7 million on the Amazon Warrant during the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.  The fair value of the Amazon Warrant liability was $145.6 million as of March 31, 2019 and $99.0 million as of December 31, 2018.

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5. Supplemental Balance Sheet and Cash Flow Information

Accounts Receivable

Accounts receivable, net of allowances related to customer contracts, excluding Dry Leasing contracts, was $200.6 million as of March 31, 2019 and $227.1 million as of December 31, 2018.

 

Accrued Liabilities

Accrued liabilities consisted of the following as of: 

 

 

 

March 31, 2019

 

 

December 31, 2018

 

Maintenance

 

$

121,472

 

 

$

133,337

 

Customer maintenance reserves

 

 

108,676

 

 

 

104,454

 

Salaries, wages and benefits

 

 

50,843

 

 

 

82,809

 

Aircraft fuel

 

 

46,616

 

 

 

32,641

 

Deferred revenue

 

 

16,343

 

 

 

26,584

 

Other

 

 

113,522

 

 

 

85,844

 

Accrued liabilities

 

$

457,472

 

 

$

465,669

 

Revenue Contract Liability

Deferred revenue for customer contracts, excluding Dry Leasing contracts, represents amounts collected from, or invoiced to, customers in advance of revenue recognition.  The balance of Deferred revenue will increase or decrease based on the timing of invoices and recognition of revenue.

Significant changes in our Revenue contract liability balances during the three months ended March 31, 2019 were as follows:

 

Balance as of December 31, 2018

 

$

13,007

 

Revenue recognized

 

 

(34,591

)

Amounts collected or invoiced

 

 

32,853

 

Balance as of March 31, 2019

 

$

11,269

 

Supplemental Cash Flow Information

The following table provides a reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash reported within the consolidated balance sheets that sum to the total shown in the consolidated statements of cash flows:

 

 

March 31, 2019

 

 

December 31, 2018

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

154,466

 

 

$

221,501

 

Restricted cash

 

 

10,038

 

 

 

11,240

 

Total Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash shown in Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

 

$

164,504

 

 

$

232,741

 

 

6. Debt

Term Loans

In March 2019, we borrowed $19.7 million under an unsecured five-year term loan due in March 2024 (the “First 2019 Term Loan”) for GEnx engine performance upgrade kits and overhauls.  The First 2019 Term Loan contains customary covenants, events of default and accrues interest at a fixed rate of 2.73%, with principal and interest payable quarterly.

In March 2019, we received $41.1 million in proceeds from insurance related to the loss of a 767-300 freighter aircraft and used $20.7 million of the proceeds to repay two term loans related to the aircraft. In connection with the repayment, we recognized a $0.2 million loss on early of extinguishment of debt.  During the three months ended March 31, 2019, we also recognized a net insurance recovery of $3.4 million resulting from the excess of insurance proceeds over the carrying amount of the aircraft and other related costs within Other income, net.   

 

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Convertible Notes

In May 2017, we issued $289.0 million aggregate principal amount of 1.875% convertible senior notes that mature on June 1, 2024 (the “2017 Convertible Notes”) in an underwritten public offering.  In June 2015, we issued $224.5 million aggregate principal amount of 2.25% convertible senior notes that mature on June 1, 2022 (the “2015 Convertible Notes”) in an underwritten public offering.  The 2017 Convertible Notes and the 2015 Convertible Notes (collectively, the “Convertible Notes”) are senior unsecured obligations and accrue interest payable semiannually on June 1 and December 1 of each year.  The Convertible Notes are due on their respective maturity dates, unless earlier converted or repurchased pursuant to their respective terms.

The Convertible Notes consisted of the following as of March 31, 2019:

 

 

 

2017 Convertible Notes

 

 

2015 Convertible Notes

 

Remaining life in months

 

 

62

 

 

 

38

 

Liability component:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross proceeds

 

$

289,000

 

 

$

224,500

 

Less: debt discount, net of amortization

 

 

(54,430

)

 

 

(26,906

)

Less: debt issuance cost, net of amortization

 

 

(4,272

)

 

 

(2,530

)

Net carrying amount

 

$

230,298

 

 

$

195,064

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity component (1)

 

$

70,140

 

 

$

52,903

 

 

 

(1)

Included in Additional paid-in capital on the consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2019.

The following table presents the amount of interest expense recognized related to the Convertible Notes:

 

 

 

For the Three Months Ended

 

 

 

March 31, 2019

 

 

March 31, 2018

 

Contractual interest coupon

 

$

2,618

 

 

$

2,618

 

Amortization of debt discount

 

 

4,121

 

 

 

3,871

 

Amortization of debt issuance costs

 

 

372

 

 

 

359

 

Total interest expense recognized

 

$

7,111

 

 

$

6,848

 

Revolving Credit Facility

In December 2018, we amended and extended our previous three-year $150.0 million secured revolving credit facility into a new four-year $200.0 million secured revolving credit facility (the “Revolver”). As of March 31, 2019, there were no amounts outstanding and we had $143.5 million of unused availability under the Revolver, based on the collateral borrowing base.

7. Leases and Guarantees

Adoption

We adopted the new lease accounting guidance using the modified retrospective method and applied it to all leases based on the contract terms in effect as of January 1, 2019.  For existing contracts, we carried forward our historical assessments of (1) whether contracts are or contain leases, (2) lease classification and (3) initial direct costs.    

 

Although our performance obligations under ACMI contracts include the provision of aircraft to customers, we do not separate any potential aircraft lease components from the nonlease components of these contracts as the provision of the crew, maintenance and insurance components are, in the aggregate, the predominant components.  Such contracts are accounted for in their entirety under the amended guidance for revenue recognition.

 

Lessee

As of March 31, 2019, we lease 21 aircraft, of which 20 are operating leases.  Lease expirations for our leased aircraft range from March 2020 to June 2032.  In addition, we lease a variety of office space, airport station locations, warehouse space, vehicles and equipment, with lease expirations ranging from April 2019 to April 2025.  We also incur variable rental costs for aircraft, engines, ground equipment and storage space based on usage of the underlying equipment or property.  For leases with terms greater than 12 months, including renewal options when appropriate, we record the related right-of-use asset and lease liability as the present value of

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fixed lease payments over the lease term. Since our leases do not typically provide a readily determinable discount rate, we use our incremental borrowing rate to discount lease payments to present value.

 

The following table presents the lease-related assets and liabilities recorded on the consolidated balance sheet:

 

Classification on the Consolidated Balance Sheets

 

March 31, 2019

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

Operating lease right-of-use assets

Operating lease right-of-use assets

 

$

568,393

 

Finance lease assets

Property and equipment, net

 

 

30,419

 

Less: Accumulated amortization on finance lease assets

Property and equipment, net

 

 

(4,010

)

Total lease assets

 

 

$

594,802

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

Current

 

 

 

 

 

Operating lease liabilities

Current portion of long-term operating leases

 

$

143,601

 

Finance lease liabilities

Current portion of long-term debt and finance lease

 

 

652

 

Noncurrent

 

 

 

 

 

Operating lease liabilities

Long-term operating leases

 

 

478,231

 

Finance lease liabilities

Long-term debt and finance lease

 

 

30,187

 

Total lease liabilities

 

 

$

652,671

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted Average Remaining Lease Term in years

 

 

 

 

Operating Leases

 

 

4.45

 

Finance Leases

 

 

13.25

 

Weighted Average Discount Rate

 

 

 

 

Operating Leases

 

 

4.59

%

Finance Leases

 

 

17.46

%

 

The following table presents information related to lease costs for finance and operating leases:

 

 

 

For the Three Months Ended

 

 

 

March 31, 2019

 

Operating lease costs (1)

 

$

39,925

 

Variable operating lease costs (1)

 

 

5,312

 

Finance lease costs:

 

 

 

 

Amortization of leased assets

 

 

499

 

Interest on lease liabilities

 

 

1,332

 

Total lease cost

 

$

47,068

 

 

(1)

Expenses are classified within Aircraft rent and Navigation fees, landing fees and other rent on the consolidated statement of operations.  Short-term lease contracts are not material.

 

The table below presents supplemental cash flow information related to leases as follows:

 

 

 

For the Three Months Ended

 

 

 

March 31, 2019

 

Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:

 

 

 

 

Operating cash flows for operating leases

 

$

39,543

 

Operating cash flows for finance lease

 

 

1,332

 

Financing cash flows for finance lease

 

 

168

 

 


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As of March 31, 2019, maturities of lease liabilities for the periods indicated were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating

 

 

Finance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leases

 

 

Lease

 

 

Total

 

2019

 

$

127,436

 

 

$

4,500

 

 

$

131,936

 

2020

 

 

159,948

 

 

 

6,000

 

 

 

165,948

 

2021

 

 

166,624

 

 

 

6,000

 

 

 

172,624

 

2022

 

 

116,162

 

 

 

6,000

 

 

 

122,162

 

2023

 

 

62,332

 

 

 

6,000

 

 

 

68,332

 

Thereafter

 

 

54,208

 

 

 

50,500

 

 

 

104,708

 

Total minimum rental payments

 

 

686,710

 

 

 

79,000

 

 

 

765,710

 

Less: imputed interest

 

 

64,878

 

 

 

48,161

 

 

 

113,039

 

Total

 

$

621,832

 

 

$

30,839

 

 

$

652,671

 

 

As of March 31, 2019, the Company’s obligations for operating leases that have not yet commenced are immaterial.

 

As of December 31, 2018, our minimum annual rental commitments for the periods indicated under operating leases with initial or remaining terms of more than one year were as follows:

 

 

 

Operating

 

 

 

Leases

 

2019

 

$

166,516

 

2020

 

 

159,383

 

2021

 

 

166,056

 

2022

 

 

115,591

 

2023

 

 

61,755

 

Thereafter

 

 

53,430

 

Total

 

$

722,731

 

 

Lessor

Our performance obligations under Dry Lease contracts involve the provision of aircraft and engines to customers for compensation that is typically based on a fixed monthly amount and all are accounted for as operating leases.  We record Dry Lease rental income on a straight-line basis over the term of the operating lease. Dry Lease rental income subject to adjustment based on an index is recognized on a straight-line basis over each adjustment period. Our Dry Leases do not contain purchase options, renewal options or residual guarantees.  In addition, our Dry Leases typically do not contain early termination options. If they do, there are typically substantial termination penalties. Rentals received but unearned under the lease agreements are recorded in deferred revenue and included in Accrued liabilities until earned.  

To manage our residual value risk, we require lessees to perform maintenance on the Dry Leased asset and they may also be required to make maintenance payments to us during or at the end of the lease term. When an aircraft is returned at the end of lease, if we choose not to re-lease or sell the returned aircraft, we typically have the ability to operate the aircraft in our ACMI and Charter segments.

Customer maintenance reserves are amounts received during the lease term that are subject to reimbursement to the lessee upon the completion of qualifying maintenance work on the specific Dry Leased asset and are included in Accrued liabilities.  We defer revenue recognition for customer maintenance reserves until the end of the lease, when we are able to finalize the amount, if any, to be reimbursed to the lessee.

End of lease maintenance payments are amounts received upon return of the Dry Leased asset based on the utilization of the asset during the lease term.  Such payments made to us are recognized as revenue at the end of the lease.

As of March 31, 2019, our contractual amount of minimum receipts, excluding taxes, for the periods indicated under Dry Leases reflecting the terms that were in effect were as follows:

 

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2019

 

$

130,296

 

2020

 

 

166,056

 

2021

 

 

145,173

 

2022

 

 

137,636

 

2023

 

 

104,008

 

Thereafter

 

 

246,466

 

Total minimum lease receipts

 

$

929,635

 

As of December 31, 2018, our contractual amount of minimum receipts, excluding taxes, for the periods indicated under Dry Leases reflecting the terms that were in effect were as follows:

 

 

Dry Lease

 

 

 

Income

 

2019

 

$

180,366

 

2020

 

 

169,202

 

2021

 

 

148,413

 

2022

 

 

140,876

 

2023

 

 

107,248

 

Thereafter

 

 

257,248

 

Total minimum lease receipts

 

$

1,003,353

 

The net book value of flight equipment on Dry Lease to customers was $1,668.2 million as of March 31, 2019 and $1,717.5 million as of December 31, 2018.  The accumulated depreciation for flight equipment on Dry Lease to customers was $247.2 million as of March 31, 2019 and $232.4 million as of December 31, 2018.  See Note 10 to our Financial Statements for disclosure of our Dry Leasing segment revenue.

Guarantees and Indemnifications

In the ordinary course of business, we enter into numerous leasing and financing arrangements for real estate, equipment, aircraft and engines that have various guarantees included in the contracts. These guarantees are primarily in the form of indemnities. In both leasing and financing transactions, we typically indemnify the lessors and any financing parties against tort liabilities that arise out of the use, occupancy, manufacture, design, operation or maintenance of the leased premises or financed aircraft, regardless of whether these liabilities relate to the negligence of the indemnified parties. Currently, we believe that any future payments required under many of these guarantees or indemnities would be immaterial, as most tort liabilities and related indemnities are covered by insurance (subject to deductibles).  However, payments under certain tax indemnities related to certain of our financing arrangements, if applicable, could be material, and would not be covered by insurance, although we believe that these payments are not probable.  Certain leased premises, such as maintenance and storage facilities, typically include indemnities of such parties for any environmental liability that may arise out of or relate to the use of the leased premises.  We also provide standard indemnification agreements to officers and directors in the ordinary course of business.

Financings and Guarantees

Our financing arrangements typically contain a withholding tax provision that requires us to pay additional amounts to the applicable lender or other financing party, if withholding taxes are imposed on such lender or other financing party as a result of a change in the applicable tax law.  These increased costs and withholding tax provisions continue for the entire term of the applicable transaction and there is no limitation on the maximum additional amount we could be required to pay under such provisions. Any failure to pay amounts due under such provisions generally would trigger an event of default and, in a secured financing transaction, would entitle the lender to foreclose upon the collateral to realize the amount due.

 

8. Income Taxes

Our effective income tax expense rates were 19.7% and 28.3% for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.  The effective income tax expense rates for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 differed from the U.S. statutory rate primarily due to nondeductible or nontaxable changes in the fair value of the warrant liability (see Note 4 to our Financial Statements).  

The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is currently examining the 2015 tax year.  It is reasonably possible that we may recognize material tax benefits upon completion of the examination in 2019.  If that occurs, it would require an assessment of our ability to

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utilize these tax benefits in the future.  Due to the uncertainty related to the potential outcome, it is impracticable to estimate a range of reasonably possible adjustments.

9. Financial Instruments

Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (exit price). Inputs used to measure fair value are classified in the following hierarchy:

 

Level 1

Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;

 

Level 2

Other inputs that are observable directly or indirectly, such as quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities, or inactive quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in inactive markets;

 

Level 3

Unobservable inputs reflecting assumptions about the inputs used in pricing the asset or liability.

We endeavor to utilize the best available information to measure fair value.

The carrying value of Cash and cash equivalents, Short-term investments and Restricted cash is based on cost, which approximates fair value.

Long-term investments consist of debt securities, maturing within five years, for which we have both the ability and the intent to hold until maturity.  These investments are classified as held-to-maturity and reported at amortized cost.  The fair value of our Long-term investments is based on a discounted cash flow analysis using the contractual cash flows of the investments and a discount rate derived from unadjusted quoted interest rates for debt securities of comparable risk.  Such debt securities represent investments in Pass-Through Trust Certificates related to enhanced equipment trust certificates (“EETCs”) issued by Atlas in 1998 and 1999.

Term loans and notes consist of term loans, notes guaranteed by the Export-Import Bank of the United States (“Ex-Im Bank”), the Revolver and EETCs. The fair values of these debt instruments are based on a discounted cash flow analysis using current borrowing rates for instruments with similar terms.

The fair value of our Convertible Notes is based on unadjusted quoted market prices for these securities.

The fair value of a customer warrant liability and certain long-term performance-based restricted shares are based on a Monte Carlo simulation which requires inputs such as our common stock price, the warrant strike price, estimated common stock price volatility, and risk-free interest rate, among others.

The following table summarizes the carrying value, estimated fair value and classification of our financial instruments as of:

 

 

 

March 31, 2019

 

 

 

Carrying Value

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

Level 1

 

 

Level 2

 

 

Level 3

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

154,466

 

 

$

154,466

 

 

$

154,466

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

-

 

Short-term investments

 

 

11,425

 

 

 

11,730

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

11,730

 

Restricted cash

 

 

10,038

 

 

 

10,038

 

 

 

10,038

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

$

175,929

 

 

$

176,234

 

 

$

164,504

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

11,730

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Term loans and notes

 

$

1,980,135

 

 

$

2,005,404

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

2,005,404

 

Convertible notes (1)

 

 

425,362

 

 

 

547,238

 

 

 

547,238

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Customer warrant

 

 

145,575

 

 

 

145,575

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

145,575

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

$

2,551,072

 

 

$

2,698,217

 

 

$

547,238

 

 

$

145,575

 

 

$

2,005,404

 

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December 31, 2018

 

 

 

Carrying Value

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

Level 1

 

 

Level 2

 

 

Level 3

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

221,501

 

 

$

221,501

 

 

$

221,501

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

-

 

Short-term investments

 

 

15,624

 

 

 

15,624

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

15,624

 

Restricted cash

 

 

11,240

 

 

 

11,240

 

 

 

11,240

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Long-term investments and accrued interest

 

 

635

 

 

 

1,138

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

1,138

 

 

 

$

249,000

 

 

$

249,503

 

 

$

232,741

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

16,762

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Term loans and notes

 

$

2,048,972

 

 

$

1,976,373

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

1,976,373

 

Convertible notes (1)

 

 

420,868

 

 

 

490,070

 

 

 

490,070

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Customer warrant

 

 

99,000

 

 

 

99,000

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

99,000

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

$

2,568,840

 

 

$

2,565,443

 

 

$

490,070

 

 

$

99,000

 

 

$

1,976,373

 

 

(1) Carrying value is net of debt discounts and debt issuance costs.  Hedge transactions associated with the Convertible Notes are reflected in additional paid-in-capital (see Note 6 to our Financial Statements).

 

Gross unrealized gains on our short-term investments were $0.3 million at March 31, 2019. Gross unrealized gains on our long-term investments and accrued interest were $0.5 million at December 31, 2018.

10. Segment Reporting

Our business is organized into three operating segments based on our service offerings: ACMI, Charter and Dry Leasing.  All segments are directly or indirectly engaged in the business of air transportation services but have different commercial and economic characteristics.  Each operating segment is separately reviewed by our chief operating decision maker to assess operating results and make resource allocation decisions.  We do not aggregate our operating segments and, therefore, our operating segments are our reportable segments.

We use an economic performance metric (“Direct Contribution”) that shows the profitability of each segment after allocation of direct operating and ownership costs.  Direct Contribution represents Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes excluding the following: Special charges, Transaction-related expenses, nonrecurring items, Losses (gains) on the disposal of aircraft, Losses on early extinguishment of debt, Unrealized losses (gains) on financial instruments, Gains on investments and Unallocated income and expenses, net.  Direct operating and ownership costs include crew costs, maintenance, fuel, ground operations, sales costs, aircraft rent, interest expense on the portion of debt used for financing aircraft, interest income on debt securities and aircraft depreciation.  Unallocated income and expenses, net include corporate overhead, nonaircraft depreciation, noncash expenses and income, interest expense on the portion of debt used for general corporate purposes, interest income on nondebt securities, capitalized interest, foreign exchange gains and losses, other revenue and other non-operating costs, including certain contract startup costs.

The following table sets forth Operating Revenue and Direct Contribution for our reportable segments reconciled to Operating Income and Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes:

 

 

 

For the Three Months Ended

 

 

 

March 31, 2019

 

 

March 31, 2018

 

Operating Revenue:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ACMI

 

$

306,567

 

 

$

266,380

 

Charter

 

 

305,114

 

 

 

285,197

 

Dry Leasing

 

 

69,946

 

 

 

36,392

 

Customer incentive asset amortization

 

 

(6,286

)

 

 

(2,596

)

Other

 

 

4,342

 

 

 

4,641

 

Total Operating Revenue

 

$

679,683

 

 

$

590,014

 

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For the Three Months Ended

 

 

 

March 31, 2019

 

 

March 31, 2018

 

Direct Contribution:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ACMI

 

$

40,006

 

 

$

40,872

 

Charter

 

 

29,133

 

 

 

34,278

 

Dry Leasing

 

 

35,527

 

 

 

11,359

 

Total Direct Contribution for Reportable Segments

 

 

104,666

 

 

 

86,509

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unallocated income and expenses, net

 

 

(80,136

)

 

 

(65,063

)

Loss on early extinguishment of debt

 

 

(245

)

 

 

-

 

Unrealized loss on financial instruments

 

 

(46,575

)

 

 

(7,740

)

Transaction-related expenses

 

 

(2,527

)

 

 

(270

)

Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes

 

 

(24,817

)

 

 

13,436

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Add back (subtract):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest income

 

 

(2,044

)

 

 

(1,724

)

Interest expense

 

 

30,353

 

 

 

27,342

 

Capitalized interest

 

 

(463

)

 

 

(1,750

)

Loss on early extinguishment of debt

 

 

245

 

 

 

-

 

Unrealized loss on financial instruments

 

 

46,575

 

 

 

7,740

 

Other income, net

 

 

(2,975

)

 

 

(4,475

)

Operating Income, net

 

$

46,874

 

 

$

40,569

 

 

 

The following table disaggregates our Charter segment revenue by customer and service type:

 

 

For the Three Months Ended

 

 

March 31, 2019

 

 

March 31, 2018

 

 

 

Cargo

 

 

Passenger

 

 

Total

 

 

 

Cargo

 

 

Passenger

 

 

Total

 

Commercial customers

 

$

148,904

 

 

$

7,607

 

 

$

156,511

 

 

 

$

131,173

 

 

$

2,046

 

 

$

133,219

 

AMC

 

 

57,446

 

 

 

91,157

 

 

 

148,603

 

 

 

 

74,428

 

 

 

77,550

 

 

 

151,978

 

Total Charter Revenue

 

$

206,350

 

 

$

98,764

 

 

$

305,114

 

 

 

$

205,601

 

 

$

79,596

 

 

$

285,197

 

Given the nature of our business and international flying, geographic information for revenue, long-lived assets and total assets is not presented because it is impracticable to do so.

We are exposed to a concentration of revenue from the U.S. Military Air Mobility Command (“AMC”), Polar and DHL (see above and Note 3 to our Financial Statements for further discussion regarding Polar).  No other customer accounted for more than 10.0% of our Total Operating Revenue.  Revenue from DHL was $89.7 million and $67.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.  We have not experienced any credit issues with these customers.

11. Labor and Legal Proceedings

Labor

Pilots of Atlas and Southern Air, and flight dispatchers of Atlas and Polar are represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (the “IBT”).  We have a five-year collective bargaining agreement (“CBA”) with our Atlas pilots, which became amendable in September 2016 and a four-year CBA with the Southern Air pilots, which became amendable in November 2016. We also have a five-year CBA with our Atlas and Polar dispatchers, which was extended in April 2017 for an additional four years, making the CBA amendable in November 2021.

After we completed the acquisition of Southern Air in April 2016, we informed the IBT of our intention to pursue (and we have been pursuing) a complete operational merger of Atlas and Southern Air.  Pursuant to the merger provisions in both the Atlas and Southern Air CBAs, joint negotiations for a single CBA for Atlas and Southern Air should commence promptly.  Further to this process, once a seniority list is presented to us by the unions, it triggers an agreed-upon timeframe to negotiate a new joint CBA with any unresolved issues submitted to binding arbitration.  After the merger process began, the IBT filed an application for mediation with the National Mediation Board (“NMB”) on behalf of the Atlas pilots, and subsequently the IBT filed a similar application on behalf of Southern Air pilots.  We have opposed both mediation applications as they are not in accordance with the merger provisions in the parties’ existing CBAs.  The Atlas and Southern Air CBAs have a defined and streamlined process for negotiating a joint CBA when a merger occurs, as in the case with the Atlas and Southern Air merger.  The NMB conducted a premediation investigation on the IBT’s Atlas application in June 2016, which is currently pending (along with the IBT’s Southern Air application).  Due to a lack of

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meaningful progress in such merger discussions, in February 2017, we filed a lawsuit against the IBT to compel arbitration on the issue of whether the merger provisions in Atlas and Southern Air's CBAs apply to the bargaining process.  On March 13, 2018, the Southern District Court of New York (“NY Court”) granted the Company’s motion to compel arbitration on this issue.  The IBT appealed the NY Court’s decision, which is currently pending.  The Company and the IBT conducted the Atlas and Southern Air arbitrations for this issue in October 2018.  The Company expects to receive the arbitration decisions in the second quarter of 2019. The Company and the IBT continue to move the process forward and began bargaining in good faith for a new joint CBA during the first quarter of 2019, pursuant to a new framework agreement until the Atlas and Southern Air arbitrations are decided.

In August 2018, the Southern Air pilots ratified an agreement between Southern Air and the IBT for interim enhancements to the Southern Air pilots’ CBA. The agreement enhances the wages and work rules of the Southern Air pilots and provides similar terms and conditions of employment to those provided to Atlas pilots in the Atlas CBA.  The Southern Air pilot agreement became effective in September 2018.

In September 2017, the Company requested the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (the “DC Court”) to issue a preliminary injunction to require the IBT to meet its obligations under the Railway Labor Act of 1926 (the “Railway Labor Act”) and stop the intentional and illegal work slowdowns and service interruptions.  In late November 2017, the Court granted the Company’s request to issue a preliminary injunction to require the IBT to meet its obligations under the Railway Labor Act and stop “authorizing, encouraging, permitting, calling, engaging in, or continuing” any illegal pilot slowdown activities, which were intended to gain leverage in pilot contract negotiations with the Company.  In addition, the Court ordered the IBT to take affirmative action to prevent and to refrain from continuing any form of interference with the Company’s operations or any other concerted refusal to perform normal pilot operations consistent with its status quo obligations under the Railway Labor Act.  In December 2017, the IBT appealed the DC Court’s decision to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and oral arguments were held in September 2018.  Pending the outcome of the appeal, the preliminary injunction remains in effect.  The Company believes the IBT’s appeal will be unsuccessful and expects the preliminary injunction to remain in effect.

We are subject to risks of work interruption or stoppage as permitted by the Railway Labor Act and may incur additional administrative expenses associated with union representation of our employees.

Matters Related to Alleged Pricing Practices

In the Netherlands, Stichting Cartel Compensation, successor in interest to claims of various shippers, has filed suit in the district court in Amsterdam against British Airways, KLM, Martinair, Air France, Lufthansa and Singapore Airlines seeking recovery for damages purportedly arising from allegedly unlawful pricing practices of such defendants.  In response, British Airways, KLM, Martinair, Air France and Lufthansa filed third-party indemnification lawsuits against Polar Air Cargo, LLC (“Old Polar”), a consolidated subsidiary of the Company, and Polar, seeking indemnification in the event the defendants are found to be liable in the main proceedings.  Another defendant, Thai Airways, filed a similar indemnification claim.  Activities in the case have focused on  various procedural issues, some of which are awaiting court determination.  The Netherlands proceedings are likely to be affected by a decision readopted by the European Commission in March 2017, finding EU competition law violations by British Airways, KLM, Martinair, Air France and Lufthansa, among others, but not Old Polar or Polar.  We are unable to reasonably predict the outcome of the litigation.  If the Company, Old Polar or Polar were to incur an unfavorable outcome, such outcome may have a material adverse impact on our business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.  We are unable to reasonably estimate a range of possible loss for this matter at this time.

Brazilian Customs Claim

Old Polar was cited for two alleged customs violations in Sao Paulo, Brazil, relating to shipments of goods dating back to 1999 and 2000.  Each claim asserts that goods listed on the flight manifest of two separate Old Polar scheduled service flights were not on board the aircraft upon arrival and therefore were improperly brought into Brazil.  The two claims, which also seek unpaid customs duties, taxes and penalties from the date of the alleged infraction, are approximately $5.2 million in aggregate based on March 31, 2019 exchange rates.

In both cases, we believe that the amounts claimed are substantially overstated due to a calculation error when considering the type and amount of goods allegedly missing, among other things.  In the pending claim for one of the cases, we have received an administrative decision dismissing the claim in its entirety, which remains subject to a mandatory appeal by the Brazil customs authorities.  In the other case, we received an administrative decision in favor of the Brazil customs authorities and we are in the process of appealing this decision to the Brazil courts.  As required to defend such claims, we have made deposits pending resolution of these matters.  The balance was $4.1 million as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, and is included in Deferred costs and other assets.

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We are currently defending these and other Brazilian customs claims and the ultimate disposition of these claims, either individually or in the aggregate, is not expected to materially affect our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

Other

In addition to the matters described in this note, we have certain other contingencies incident to the ordinary course of business.  Unless disclosed otherwise, management does not expect that the ultimate disposition of such other contingencies or matters will materially affect our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

12. Earnings Per Share

Basic earnings per share (“EPS”) represents income (loss) divided by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the measurement period.  Diluted EPS represents income (loss) divided by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the measurement period while also giving effect to all potentially dilutive common shares that were outstanding during the period using the treasury stock method.  The calculations of basic and diluted EPS were as follows:

 

 

 

For the Three Months Ended

 

Numerator:

 

March 31, 2019

 

 

March 31, 2018

 

Income (loss) from continuing operations, net of taxes

 

$

(29,710

)

 

$

9,628

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Denominator:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic EPS weighted average shares outstanding

 

 

25,735

 

 

 

25,436

 

Effect of dilutive restricted stock

 

 

-

 

 

 

520

 

Diluted EPS weighted average shares outstanding

 

 

25,735

 

 

 

25,956

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings (loss) per share from continuing operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

$

(1.15

)

 

$

0.38

 

Diluted

 

$

(1.15

)

 

$

0.37

 

Loss per share from discontinued operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

$

-

 

 

$

(0.00

)

Diluted

 

$

-

 

 

$

(0.00

)

Earnings (loss) per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

$

(1.15

)

 

$

0.38

 

Diluted

 

$

(1.15

)

 

$

0.37

 

 

Antidilutive shares related to warrants issued in connection with our Convertible Notes that were out of the money and excluded were 7.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018.  Diluted shares reflect the potential dilution that could occur from restricted shares using the treasury stock method.  The calculation of EPS does not include restricted share units and warrants issued to a customer in which performance or market conditions were not satisfied of 10.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 6.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2018.

13. Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

The following table summarizes the components of Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss):

 

 

 

Interest Rate

 

 

Foreign Currency

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivatives

 

 

Translation

 

 

Total

 

Balance as of December 31, 2017

 

$

(4,002

)

 

$

9

 

 

$

(3,993

)

Reclassification to interest expense

 

 

385

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

385

 

Tax effect

 

 

(57

)

 

 

-

 

 

 

(57

)

Reclassification of taxes

 

 

(970

)

 

 

-

 

 

 

(970

)

Balance as of March 31, 2018

 

$

(4,644

)

 

$

9

 

 

$

(4,635

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance as of December 31, 2018

 

$

(3,841

)

 

$

9

 

 

$

(3,832

)

Reclassification to interest expense

 

 

344

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

344

 

Tax effect

 

 

(81

)

 

 

-

 

 

 

(81

)

Balance as of March 31, 2019

 

$

(3,578

)

 

$

9

 

 

$

(3,569

)

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Interest Rate Derivatives

As of March 31, 2019, there was $4.7 million of unamortized net realized loss before taxes remaining in Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) related to terminated forward-starting interest rate swaps, which had been designated as cash flow hedges to effectively fix the interest rates on two 747-8F financings in 2011 and three 777-200LRF financings in 2014.  The net loss is amortized and reclassified into Interest expense over the remaining life of the related debt.  Net realized losses reclassified into earnings were $0.3 million and $0.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.  Net realized losses expected to be reclassified into earnings within the next 12 months are $1.3 million as of March 31, 2019.

 

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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our Financial Statements appearing in this report and our audited consolidated financial statements and related notes included in our 2018 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Background

Certain Terms - Glossary

The following represents terms and statistics specific to our business and industry. They are used by management to evaluate and measure operations, results, productivity and efficiency.

 

Block Hour

 

The time interval between when an aircraft departs the terminal until it arrives at the destination terminal.

 

 

 

C Check

 

“Heavy” airframe maintenance checks, which are more intensive in scope than Line Maintenance and are generally performed between 18 and 24 months depending on aircraft type.

 

 

 

D Check

 

“Heavy” airframe maintenance checks, which are the most extensive in scope and are generally performed every six and eight years depending on aircraft type.

 

 

 

Heavy Maintenance

 

Scheduled maintenance activities that are extensive in scope and are primarily based on time or usage intervals, which include, but are not limited to, C Checks, D Checks and engine overhauls.  In addition, unscheduled engine repairs involving the removal of the engine from the aircraft are considered to be Heavy Maintenance.

 

 

 

Line Maintenance

 

Maintenance events occurring during normal day-to-day operations.

 

 

 

Non-heavy

Maintenance

 

Discrete maintenance activities for the overhaul and repair of specific aircraft components, including landing gear, auxiliary power units and engine thrust reversers.

 

 

 

Yield

 

The average amount a customer pays to fly one tonne of cargo one mile.

 

Business Overview

We are a leading global provider of outsourced aircraft and aviation operating services.  We operate the world’s largest fleet of 747 freighters and provide customers a broad array of 747, 777, 767, 757 and 737 aircraft for domestic, regional and international cargo and passenger operations.  We provide unique value to our customers by giving them access to highly reliable modern production freighters that deliver the lowest unit cost in the marketplace combined with outsourced aircraft operating services that we believe lead the industry in terms of quality and global scale.  Our customers include express delivery providers, e-commerce retailers, airlines, freight forwarders, the U.S. military and charter brokers.  We provide global services with operations in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East, North America and South America.

Our primary service offerings include the following:

 

ACMI, whereby we provide outsourced cargo and passenger aircraft operating solutions, including the provision of an aircraft, crew, maintenance and insurance, while customers assume fuel, demand and price risk.  In addition, customers are generally responsible for landing, navigation and most other operational fees and costs;

 

CMI, which is part of our ACMI business segment, whereby we provide outsourced cargo and passenger aircraft operating solutions, generally including the provision of crew, Line Maintenance and insurance, but not the aircraft.  Customers assume fuel, demand and price risk, and are responsible for providing the aircraft (which they may lease from us) and generally responsible for Heavy and Non-Heavy Maintenance, landing, navigation and most other operational fees and costs;

 

Charter, whereby we provide cargo and passenger aircraft charter services to customers, including the AMC, brokers, freight forwarders, direct shippers, airlines, sports teams and fans, and private charter customers.  The customer generally pays a fixed charter fee that includes fuel, insurance, landing fees, navigation fees and most other operational fees and costs; and

 

Dry Leasing, whereby we provide cargo and passenger aircraft and engine leasing solutions.  The customer operates, and is responsible for insuring and maintaining, the flight equipment.

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We look to achieve our growth plans and enhance shareholder value by:

 

Delivering superior service quality to our valued customers;

 

Focusing on securing attractive long-term customer contracts;

 

Managing our fleet with a focus on modern, efficient aircraft;

 

Driving significant ongoing productivity improvements;

 

Selectively pursuing and evaluating future acquisitions and alliances; while

 

Appropriately managing capital allocation and delivering value to shareholders.

See “Business Overview” and “Business Strategy” in our 2018 Annual Report on Form 10-K for additional information.

Business Developments

ACMI

Our ACMI results for the first quarter of 2019, compared with 2018, were positively impacted by increased flying from the following:

 

Between August 2016 and November 2018, we began CMI flying 20 Boeing 767-300 freighter aircraft for Amazon that are Dry Leased from Titan.  During the first quarter of 2019, there were an average of 19.6 aircraft equivalents operating for Amazon compared to an average of 12.0 aircraft equivalents operating in 2018.  

 

In September 2018, we began flying a second 747-400 freighter for Asiana Cargo on transpacific routes.  

 

In May 2018, we began flying a second 747-400 freighter for DHL Global Forwarding on routes between the United States, Europe, and Asia.  

 

In February 2018, we signed long-term CMI and Dry Lease contracts with DHL for two 777-200 freighter aircraft.  The first of the two aircraft was previously in CMI service with us and the second aircraft began CMI and Dry Lease service in July of 2018.

 

In July 2018, we began ACMI flying a 747-400 freighter for Industria de Diseño Textil, S.A. (“Inditex”) on routes between the United States, Europe, and Asia.

 

In October 2018, we began flying a 747-400 freighter for SF Express on transpacific routes.

In January 2019, we entered into an agreement to operate three incremental 747-400 freighters for Nippon Cargo Airlines on transpacific routes.  One aircraft entered service in April 2019 and the other two are expected to enter service during the third quarter of 2019.

In March 2019, we entered into agreements with Amazon, which include CMI operation of five 737-800 freighter aircraft in 2019 and up to 15 additional aircraft by May 2021. The first two aircraft are expected to enter service during the second quarter of 2019 and the next three are expected to enter service during the second half of 2019.

Charter

Charter results for the first quarter of 2019, compared with 2018, reflected increased passenger demand from the AMC and cargo demand from commercial customers, partially offset by a decrease in cargo demand from the AMC related to the late cancellation of certain flights by the AMC.  Yields (excluding fuel) on passenger flying were higher primarily driven by an increase in rates for the AMC and the expansion of our flying for sports teams and other VIP charter customers.

Dry Leasing

 

In February 2018, we acquired a 777-200 freighter aircraft and Dry Leased it to DHL on a long-term basis, as described above.  We completed the acquisition of a second 777-200 freighter aircraft and placed it into service with DHL in July 2018.  As described above, during the first quarter of 2019, there were an average of 19.6 aircraft equivalents Dry Leased to Amazon compared to an average of 12.0 aircraft equivalents in 2018.  

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Results of Operations

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our Financial Statements and other financial information appearing and referred to elsewhere in this report.

Three Months Ended March 31, 2019 and 2018

Operating Statistics

The following tables compare our Segment Operating Fleet (average aircraft equivalents during the period) and total Block Hours operated for the three months ended March 31:

 

Segment Operating Fleet

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

Inc/(Dec)

 

ACMI*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

747-8F Cargo

 

 

9.0

 

 

 

9.0

 

 

 

-

 

747-400 Cargo

 

 

17.6

 

 

 

15.8

 

 

 

1.8

 

747-400 Dreamlifter

 

 

3.6

 

 

 

3.1

 

 

 

0.5

 

777-200 Cargo

 

 

6.0

 

 

 

5.0

 

 

 

1.0

 

767-300 Cargo

 

 

25.6

 

 

 

17.2

 

 

 

8.4

 

767-200 Cargo

 

 

9.0

 

 

 

9.0

 

 

 

-

 

737-400 Cargo

 

 

5.0

 

 

 

5.0

 

 

 

-

 

747-400 Passenger

 

 

-

 

 

 

1.0

 

 

 

(1.0

)

767-200 Passenger

 

 

1.0

 

 

 

1.0

 

 

 

-

 

Total

 

 

76.8

 

 

 

66.1

 

 

 

10.7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Charter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

747-8F Cargo

 

 

1.0

 

 

 

1.0

 

 

 

-

 

747-400 Cargo

 

 

15.0

 

 

 

11.7

 

 

 

3.3

 

747-400 Passenger

 

 

4.0

 

 

 

2.0

 

 

 

2.0

 

767-300 Cargo

 

 

-

 

 

 

0.3

 

 

 

(0.3

)

767-300 Passenger

 

 

4.9

 

 

 

4.0

 

 

 

0.9

 

Total

 

 

24.9

 

 

 

19.0

 

 

 

5.9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dry Leasing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

777-200 Cargo

 

 

8.0

 

 

 

6.3

 

 

 

1.7

 

767-300 Cargo

 

 

21.6

 

 

 

14.0

 

 

 

7.6

 

757-200 Cargo

 

 

1.0

 

 

 

1.0

 

 

 

-

 

737-300 Cargo

 

 

1.0

 

 

 

1.0

 

 

 

-

 

737-800 Passenger

 

 

1.0

 

 

 

1.0

 

 

 

-

 

Total

 

 

32.6

 

 

 

23.3

 

 

 

9.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Less: Aircraft Dry Leased to CMI customers

 

 

(23.6

)

 

 

(14.3

)

 

 

(9.3

)

Total Operating Average Aircraft Equivalents

 

 

110.7

 

 

 

94.1

 

 

 

16.6

 

 

 

*

ACMI average fleet excludes spare aircraft provided by CMI customers.

 

Block Hours

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

Inc/(Dec)

 

 

% Change

 

Total Block Hours**

 

 

77,061

 

 

 

66,495

 

 

 

10,566

 

 

 

15.9

%

 

 

**

Includes ACMI, Charter and other Block Hours.

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Operating Revenue

The following table compares our Operating Revenue for the three months ended March 31 (in thousands):

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

Inc/(Dec)

 

 

% Change

 

Operating Revenue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ACMI

 

$

306,567

 

 

$

266,380

 

 

$

40,187

 

 

 

15.1

%

Charter

 

 

305,114

 

 

 

285,197

 

 

 

19,917

 

 

 

7.0

%

Dry Leasing

 

 

69,946

 

 

 

36,392

 

 

 

33,554

 

 

 

92.2

%

Customer incentive asset amortization

 

 

(6,286

)

 

 

(2,596

)

 

 

3,690

 

 

NM

 

Other

 

 

4,342

 

 

 

4,641

 

 

 

(299

)

 

 

(6.4

)%

Total Operating Revenue

 

$

679,683

 

 

$

590,014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NM represents year-over-year changes that are not meaningful.

ACMI

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

Inc/(Dec)

 

 

% Change

 

ACMI Block Hours

 

 

59,780

 

 

 

49,862

 

 

 

9,918

 

 

 

19.9

%

ACMI Revenue Per Block Hour

 

$

5,128

 

 

$

5,342

 

 

$

(214

)

 

 

(4.0

)%

 

ACMI revenue increased $40.2 million, or 15.1%, primarily due to increased flying, partially offset by a decrease in Revenue per Block Hour.  The increase in Block Hours was primarily driven by increased 767 flying for Amazon, incremental 777-200 flying and the start-up of 747-400 flying for new customers.  Revenue per Block Hour decreased primarily due to increased smaller-gauge 767 CMI flying.  

Charter

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

Inc/(Dec)

 

 

% Change

 

Charter Block Hours:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cargo

 

 

11,479

 

 

 

11,390

 

 

 

89

 

 

 

0.8

%

Passenger

 

 

5,181

 

 

 

4,670

 

 

 

511

 

 

 

10.9

%

Total

 

 

16,660

 

 

 

16,060

 

 

 

600

 

 

 

3.7

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Charter Revenue Per Block Hour:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cargo

 

$

17,976

 

 

$

18,051

 

 

$

(75

)

 

 

(0.4

%)

Passenger

 

$

19,063

 

 

$

17,044

 

 

$

2,019

 

 

 

11.8

%

Charter

 

$

18,314

 

 

$

17,758

 

 

$

556

 

 

 

3.1

%

 

Charter revenue increased $19.9 million, or 7.0%, primarily due to increased flying and an increase in Revenue per Block Hour.    The increase in Charter Block Hours was primarily driven by increased passenger demand from the AMC and cargo demand from commercial customers, partially offset by a decrease in cargo flying from the AMC related to the late cancellation of certain flights by the AMC.  Revenue per Block Hour increased primarily due to higher Yields (excluding fuel) on passenger flying, primarily driven by an increase in rates for the AMC and the expansion of our flying for sports teams and other VIP charter customers.    

Dry Leasing

Dry Leasing revenue increased $33.6 million, or 92.2%, primarily due to $22.3 million of revenue from maintenance payments related to the scheduled return of a 777-200 freighter aircraft in March 2019 and the placement of incremental aircraft.  The additional aircraft included the placement of eight 767-300 converted freighter aircraft throughout 2018, as well as one 777-200 freighter aircraft in February 2018 and a second 777-200 freighter aircraft in July 2018.

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Operating Expenses

The following table compares our Operating Expenses for the three months ended March 31 (in thousands):

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

Inc/(Dec)

 

 

% Change

 

Operating Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Salaries, wages and benefits

 

$

145,474

 

 

$

125,082

 

 

$

20,392

 

 

 

16.3

%

Aircraft fuel

 

 

106,321

 

 

 

96,303

 

 

 

10,018

 

 

 

10.4

%

Maintenance, materials and repairs

 

 

103,620

 

 

 

84,879

 

 

 

18,741

 

 

 

22.1

%

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

64,481

 

 

 

49,630

 

 

 

14,851

 

 

 

29.9

%

Travel

 

 

45,029

 

 

 

39,847

 

 

 

5,182

 

 

 

13.0

%

Aircraft rent

 

 

41,888

 

 

 

39,524

 

 

 

2,364

 

 

 

6.0

%

Navigation fees, landing fees and other rent

 

 

40,216

 

 

 

35,597

 

 

 

4,619

 

 

 

13.0

%

Passenger and ground handling services

 

 

32,160

 

 

 

28,062

 

 

 

4,098

 

 

 

14.6

%

Transaction-related expenses

 

 

2,527

 

 

 

270

 

 

 

2,257

 

 

NM

 

Other

 

 

51,093

 

 

 

50,251

 

 

 

842

 

 

 

1.7

%

Total Operating Expenses

 

$

632,809

 

 

$

549,445

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Salaries, wages and benefits increased $20.4 million, or 16.3%, primarily due to increased flying, higher crew costs, including enhanced wages and work rules resulting from our interim agreement with the Southern Air pilots (see Note 11 to our Financial Statements) and fleet growth initiatives.

Aircraft fuel increased $10.0 million, or 10.4%, primarily due to an increase in consumption related to increased flying and an increase in the average fuel cost per gallon.  We do not incur fuel expense in our ACMI or Dry Leasing businesses as the cost of fuel is borne by the customer.  Average fuel cost per gallon and fuel consumption for the three months ended March 31 were:

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

Inc/(Dec)

 

 

% Change

 

Average fuel cost per gallon

 

$

2.22

 

 

$

2.14

 

 

$

0.08

 

 

 

3.7

%

Fuel gallons consumed (000s)

 

 

47,872

 

 

 

44,950

 

 

 

2,922

 

 

 

6.5

%

 

Maintenance, materials and repairs increased by $18.7 million, or 22.1%, primarily reflecting $14.5 million of increased Line Maintenance expense due to increased flying and additional repairs performed, and $5.2 million of increased Non-heavy Maintenance expense, partially offset by a $1.0 million decrease in Heavy Maintenance expense.  The higher Line Maintenance primarily reflected increases of $7.2 million for 767 aircraft, $6.6 million for 747-400 aircraft and $1.1 million for 777 aircraft.  Non-heavy Maintenance reflected increases of $3.2 million for 747-400 aircraft and $1.7 million for 767 aircraft.  Heavy Maintenance expense on 747-400 aircraft decreased $7.1 million primarily due to a decrease in the number of D Checks and a decrease in the number of engine overhauls, partially offset by an increase in the number of C Checks. Heavy Maintenance expense on 767 aircraft increased $3.1 million primarily due to an increase in the number of C Checks. Heavy Maintenance expense on 747-8F aircraft increased $2.5 million primarily due to an increase in the number of C Checks.  Heavy airframe maintenance checks and engine overhauls impacting Maintenance, materials and repairs for the three months ended March 31 were:

 

Heavy Maintenance Events

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

Inc/(Dec)

 

747-8F C Checks

 

 

2

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

2

 

747-400 C Checks

 

 

5

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

1

 

767 C Checks

 

 

1

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

1

 

747-400 D Checks

 

 

-

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

(1

)

CF6-80 engine overhauls

 

 

5

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

(1

)

 

Depreciation and amortization increased $14.9 million, or 29.9%, primarily due to additional aircraft that began operating during the second half of 2018, an increase in the scrapping of rotable parts and an increase in the amortization of deferred maintenance costs related to 747-8F engine overhauls (see Note 2 to our Financial Statements).

Travel increased $5.2 million, or 13.0%, primarily due to increased flying.

Aircraft rent increased $2.4 million, or 6.0%, primarily due to additional operating leases for 747-400 freighter aircraft that began during the second half of 2018 to meet increased customer demand.

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Navigation fees, landing fees and other rent increased $4.6 million, or 13.0%, primarily due to increased flying, partially offset by a decrease in purchased capacity, which is a component of other rent.

Passenger and ground handling services increased $4.1 million, or 14.6%, primarily due to higher costs from flying to more expensive locations and increased Charter flying.

Transaction-related expenses in 2019 primarily relate to professional fees for a customer transaction with warrants (see Note 4 to our Financial Statements). Transaction-related expenses in 2018 were for the integration of Southern Air, which primarily included professional fees and integration costs.

Non-operating Expenses (Income)

The following table compares our Non-operating Expenses (Income) for the three months ended March 31 (in thousands):

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

Inc/(Dec)

 

 

% Change

 

Non-operating Expenses (Income)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest income

 

$

(2,044

)

 

$

(1,724

)

 

$

320

 

 

 

18.6

%

Interest expense

 

 

30,353

 

 

 

27,342

 

 

 

3,011

 

 

 

11.0

%

Capitalized interest

 

 

(463

)

 

 

(1,750

)

 

 

(1,287

)

 

 

(73.5

)%

Loss on early extinguishment of debt

 

 

245

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

245

 

 

NM

 

Unrealized loss on financial instruments

 

 

46,575

 

 

 

7,740

 

 

 

38,835

 

 

NM

 

Other income, net

 

 

(2,975

)

 

 

(4,475

)

 

 

(1,500

)

 

 

(33.5

)%

Interest expense increased $3.0 million, or 11.0%, primarily due to the 2018 financing of 767-300 aircraft purchases and conversions and purchases of two 777-200 aircraft.

Unrealized loss on financial instruments represents the change in fair value of a customer warrant liability (see Note 4 to our Financial Statements) primarily due to changes in our common stock price.

Income taxes.  Our effective income tax expense rates were 19.7% and 28.3% for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.  The effective income tax expense rate for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 differed from the U.S. statutory rate primarily due to nondeductible or nontaxable changes in the fair value of the warrant liability (see Note 4 to our Financial Statements).  For interim accounting purposes, we recognize income taxes using an estimated annual effective tax rate.  

Segments

The following table compares the Direct Contribution for our reportable segments for the three months ended March 31 (see Note 10 to our Financial Statements for the reconciliation to Operating income) (in thousands):

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

Inc/(Dec)

 

 

% Change

 

Direct Contribution:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ACMI

 

$

40,006

 

 

$

40,872

 

 

$

(866

)

 

 

(2.1

)%

Charter

 

 

29,133

 

 

 

34,278

 

 

 

(5,145

)

 

 

(15.0

)%

Dry Leasing

 

 

35,527

 

 

 

11,359

 

 

 

24,168

 

 

 

212.8

%

Total Direct Contribution

 

$

104,666

 

 

$

86,509

 

 

$

18,157

 

 

 

21.0

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unallocated income and expenses, net

 

$

80,136

 

 

$

65,063

 

 

$

15,073

 

 

 

23.2

%

ACMI Segment

ACMI Direct Contribution was relatively unchanged as an increase in contribution primarily from 767 and 777 flying was more than offset by higher crew costs, including enhanced wages and work rules resulting from our interim agreement with the Southern Air pilots (see Note 11 to our Financial Statements), additional Non-heavy maintenance and repairs, and increased amortization of deferred maintenance costs.  

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Charter Segment

Charter Direct Contribution decreased $5.1 million, or 15.0%, primarily due to a decrease in AMC cargo flying related to the late cancellation of certain flights by the AMC and additional Non-heavy maintenance and repairs, partially offset by increased passenger flying for the AMC and the expansion of our flying for sports teams and other VIP charter customers.  

Dry Leasing Segment

Dry Leasing Direct Contribution increased $24.2 million, or 212.8%, primarily due to revenue from maintenance payments related to the scheduled return of a 777-200 freighter aircraft in March 2019 and the placement of additional aircraft.

Unallocated income and expenses, net

Unallocated income and expenses, net increased $15.1 million, or 23.2%, primarily due to fleet growth initiatives, increased amortization of a customer incentive asset and lower capitalized interest.

Reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP Financial Measures

To supplement our Financial Statements presented in accordance with GAAP, we present certain non-GAAP financial measures to assist in the evaluation of our business performance.  These non-GAAP financial measures include Adjusted income from continuing operations, net of taxes, Adjusted Diluted EPS from continuing operations, net of taxes and Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“Adjusted EBITDA”), which exclude certain noncash income and expenses, and items impacting year-over-year comparisons of our results.  These non-GAAP financial measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for Income from continuing operations, net of taxes and Diluted EPS from continuing operations, net of taxes which are the most directly comparable measures of performance prepared in accordance with GAAP.

We use these non-GAAP financial measures in assessing the performance of our ongoing operations and in planning and forecasting future periods.  These adjusted measures provide a more comparable basis to analyze operating results and earnings and are measures commonly used by shareholders to measure our performance.  In addition, management’s incentive compensation is determined, in part, by using Adjusted income from continuing operations, net of taxes and Adjusted EBITDA. We believe that these adjusted measures, when considered together with the corresponding GAAP financial measures and the reconciliations to those measures, provide meaningful supplemental information to assist investors and analysts in understanding our business results and assessing our prospects for future performance.

 

The following is a reconciliation of Income from continuing operations, net of taxes and Diluted EPS from continuing operations, net of taxes to the corresponding non-GAAP financial measures (in thousands, except per share data):

 

 

 

 

 

For the Three Months Ended

 

 

 

 

March 31, 2019

 

 

 

March 31, 2018

 

 

Percent Change

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income (loss) from continuing operations, net of taxes

 

 

$

(29,710

)

 

 

$

9,628

 

 

NM

 

Impact from:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Costs associated with transactions (a)

 

 

 

2,527

 

 

 

 

270

 

 

 

 

 

Certain contract startup costs (b)

 

 

 

369

 

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

Accrual for legal matters and professional fees

 

 

 

41

 

 

 

 

218

 

 

 

 

 

Noncash expenses and income, net (c)

 

 

 

10,754

 

 

 

 

6,675

 

 

 

 

 

Loss on early extinguishment of debt

 

 

 

245

 

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized loss on financial instruments

 

 

 

46,575

 

 

 

 

7,740

 

 

 

 

 

Net insurance recovery

 

 

 

(3,449

)

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

Income tax effect of reconciling items

 

 

 

(30

)

 

 

 

(747

)

 

 

 

 

Adjusted income from continuing operations, net of taxes

 

 

$

27,322

 

 

 

$

23,784

 

 

 

14.9

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average diluted shares outstanding

 

 

 

25,735

 

 

 

 

25,956

 

 

 

 

 

Add: dilutive warrant (d)

 

 

 

1,943

 

 

 

 

1,653

 

 

 

 

 

   dilutive restricted stock

 

 

 

242

 

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

Adjusted weighted average diluted shares outstanding

 

 

 

27,920

 

 

 

 

27,609

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjusted Diluted EPS from continuing operations, net of taxes

 

 

$

0.98

 

 

 

$

0.86

 

 

 

14.0

%

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For the Three Months Ended

 

 

 

 

March 31, 2019

 

 

 

March 31, 2018

 

 

Percent Change

 

Income (loss) from continuing operations, net of taxes

 

 

$

(29,710

)

 

 

$

9,628

 

 

NM

 

Income tax expense

 

 

 

4,893

 

 

 

 

3,808

 

 

 

 

 

Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes

 

 

 

(24,817

)

 

 

 

13,436

 

 

 

 

 

Costs associated with transactions (a)

 

 

 

2,527

 

 

 

 

270

 

 

 

 

 

Certain contract startup costs (b)

 

 

 

369

 

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

Accrual for legal matters and professional fees

 

 

 

41

 

 

 

 

218

 

 

 

 

 

Noncash expenses and income, net (c)

 

 

 

10,754

 

 

 

 

6,675

 

 

 

 

 

Loss on early extinguishment of debt

 

 

 

245

 

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized loss on financial instruments

 

 

 

46,575

 

 

 

 

7,740

 

 

 

 

 

Net insurance recovery

 

 

 

(3,449

)

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

Adjusted pretax income

 

 

 

32,245

 

 

 

 

28,339

 

 

 

 

 

Interest (income) expense, net

 

 

 

23,851

 

 

 

 

20,262

 

 

 

 

 

Other non-operating expenses (income), net

 

 

 

474

 

 

 

 

(4,475

)

 

 

 

 

Adjusted operating income

 

 

 

56,570

 

 

 

 

44,126

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

 

64,481

 

 

 

 

49,630

 

 

 

 

 

Adjusted EBITDA

 

 

$

121,051

 

 

 

$

93,756

 

 

 

29.1

%

 

(a)

Costs associated with transactions in 2019 primarily relate to a customer transaction with warrants (see Note 4 to our Financial Statements) and other costs associated with our acquisition of Southern Air. Costs associated with transactions in 2018 primarily related to costs associated with our acquisition of Southern Air.

 

(b)

Certain contract startup costs represent unique training aircraft costs required for a new customer contract (see Note 4 to our Financial Statements).

 

(c)

Noncash expenses and income, net in 2019 and 2018 primarily related to amortization of debt discount on the convertible notes (see Note 6 to our Financial Statements) and amortization of the customer incentive asset related to a customer warrant liability (see Note 4 to our Financial Statements).  

 

(d)

Dilutive warrants represent potentially dilutive common shares related to warrants issued to a customer (see Note 4 to our Financial Statements).  These shares are excluded from Diluted EPS from continuing operations, net of taxes prepared in accordance with GAAP when they would have been antidilutive.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

The most significant liquidity events during the first quarter of 2019 were as follows:

Debt Transactions

In March 2019, we borrowed $19.7 million related to GEnx engine performance upgrade kits and overhauls under an unsecured five-year term loan at a fixed interest rate of 2.73%.

Operating Activities. Net cash provided by operating activities was $53.8 million for the first quarter of 2019, which primarily reflected a Net Loss of $29.7 million, noncash adjustments of $79.0 million for Depreciation and amortization and $46.6 million for Unrealized loss on financial instruments, and a $9.7 million decrease in Accounts receivable.  Partially offsetting these items was a $42.3 million increase in Prepaid expenses, current assets and other assets and a $20.0 million decrease in Accounts payable and accrued liabilities.  Net cash provided by operating activities was $69.1 million for the first quarter of 2018, which primarily reflected $9.6 million of Net Income, noncash adjustments of $59.8 million for Depreciation and amortization and $7.7 million for Unrealized loss on financial instruments.  Partially offsetting these items was a $16.0 million decrease in Accounts payable and accrued liabilities.

Investing Activities. Net cash used for investing activities was $44.8 million for the first quarter of 2019, consisting primarily of $57.3 million of payments for flight equipment and modifications and $30.6 million of core capital expenditures, excluding flight equipment, partially offset by $38.1 million of proceeds from insurance.  Payments for flight equipment and modifications during the first quarter of 2019 were primarily related to 767-300 passenger aircraft and related freighter conversion costs, spare engines and GEnx engine performance upgrade kits.  All capital expenditures for 2019 were funded through working capital and the financing discussed above.  Net cash used for investing activities was $261.2 million for the first quarter of 2018, consisting primarily of $236.5 million of payments for flight equipment and modifications and $26.1 million of core capital expenditures, excluding flight equipment.

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Financing Activities. Net cash used for financing activities was $77.2 million for the first quarter of 2019, which primarily reflected $90.9 million of payments on debt, including a $20.7 million repayment of two term loans, and $9.2 million related to the purchase of treasury stock, partially offset by $19.7 million of proceeds from debt issuance.  Net cash provided by financing activities was $30.6 million for the first quarter of 2018, which primarily reflected $75.0 million of proceeds from revolving credit facility and $19.4 million of proceeds from debt issuance, partially offset by $56.8 million of payments on debt obligations and $10.2 million related to the purchase of treasury stock.

We consider Cash and cash equivalents, Short-term investments, Restricted cash and Net cash provided by operating activities to be sufficient to meet our debt and lease obligations and to fund core capital expenditures for 2019.  Core capital expenditures for the remainder of 2019 are expected to range between $105.0 to $115.0 million, which excludes flight equipment and capitalized interest.  

We may access external sources of capital from time to time depending on our cash requirements, assessments of current and anticipated market conditions, and the after-tax cost of capital.  To that end, we filed a shelf registration statement with the SEC in May 2017 that enables us to sell debt and/or equity securities on a registered basis over the subsequent three years, depending on market conditions, our capital needs and other factors.  Our access to capital markets can be adversely impacted by prevailing economic conditions and by financial, business and other factors, some of which are beyond our control.  Additionally, our borrowing costs are affected by market conditions and may be adversely impacted by a tightening in credit markets.

We do not expect to pay any significant U.S. federal income tax in this or the next decade.  Our business operations are subject to income tax in several foreign jurisdictions.  We do not expect to pay any significant cash income taxes in foreign jurisdictions for at least several years.  Due to the U.S. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, we may repatriate the unremitted earnings of our foreign subsidiaries to the extent taxes are insignificant.

Contractual Obligations and Debt Agreements

See Notes 6 and 7 to our Financial Statements for a description of our new debt and lease obligations.  See our 2018 Annual Report on Form 10-K for a tabular disclosure of our contractual obligations as of December 31, 2018 and a description of our other debt obligations and amendments thereto.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

See Note 7 to our Financial Statements for a discussion of our adoption of the new leasing guidance.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

See Note 2 to our Financial Statements for a discussion of recent accounting pronouncements.

Forward-Looking Statements

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (this “Report”), as well as other reports, releases and written and oral communications issued or made from time to time by or on behalf of AAWW, contain statements that may constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  Those statements are based on management’s beliefs, plans, expectations and assumptions, and on information currently available to management.  Generally, the words “will,” “may,” “should,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “continue,” “believe,” “seek,” “project,” “estimate” and similar expressions used in this Report that do not relate to historical facts are intended to identify forward-looking statements.

The forward-looking statements in this Report are not representations or guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Such risks, uncertainties and assumptions include, but are not limited to, those described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018.  Many of such factors are beyond AAWW’s control and are difficult to predict.  As a result, AAWW’s future actions, financial position, results of operations and the market price for shares of AAWW’s common stock could differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. Readers are therefore cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.  Such forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this report.  AAWW does not intend to publicly update any forward-looking statements that may be made from time to time by, or on behalf of, AAWW, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law and expressly disclaims any obligation to revise or update publicly any forward-looking statement to reflect future events or circumstances.

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

There have been no material changes to our market risk during the three months ended March 31, 2019.  For additional discussion of our exposure to market risk, refer to Part II, Item 7A “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk” included in our 2018 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

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ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

An evaluation was performed under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer, or CEO, and Chief Financial Officer, or CFO, of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d - 15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of March 31, 2019.  Based on that evaluation, our CEO and CFO concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC's rules and forms, and is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our CEO and CFO, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

 

In connection with the adoption on January 1, 2019 of new accounting guidance for leases, we implemented new processes, software and internal controls related to our leases.

Except as described above, there has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the three months ended March 31, 2019 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II — OTHER INFORMATION

With respect to the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2019, the information required in response to this Item is set forth in Note 11 to our Financial Statements and such information is incorporated herein by reference. Such description contains all of the information required with respect hereto.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

 

There have been no material changes in our risk factors from those disclosed in our 2018 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

 

a.

Exhibits

See accompanying Exhibit Index included before the signature page of this report for a list of exhibits filed or furnished with this report.

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

Number

 

Description

 

 

 

10.1

 

Investment Agreement, dated as of March 27, 2019, between Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. and Amazon.com, Inc.

 

 

 

10.2

 

Amended and Restated Stockholders Agreement, dated as of March 27, 2019, between Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. and Amazon.com, Inc.

 

 

 

10.3

 

Warrant to Purchase 6,632,576 shares of Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. common stock.

 

 

 

10.4

 

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. 2019 Long Term Cash Incentive Program.

 

 

 

10.5

 

Form of Performance Share Unit Agreement.

 

 

 

10.6

 

Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement.

 

 

 

31.1

 

Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of the Chief Executive Officer.

 

 

 

31.2

 

Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of the Chief Financial Officer.

 

 

 

32.1

 

Section 1350 Certifications.

 

 

 

101.INS

 

XBRL Instance Document – the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document. *

 

 

 

101.SCH

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document. *

 

 

 

101.CAL

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document. *

 

 

 

101.DEF

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.  *

 

 

 

101.LAB

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document. *

 

 

 

101.PRE

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document. *

 

*

Attached as Exhibit 101 to this report are the following formatted in XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language): (i) Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, (ii) Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, (iii) Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, (iv) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, (v) Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 and (vi) Notes to the Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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SIGNATURES

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

 

 

 

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc.

 

 

 

Dated:  May 1, 2019

 

/s/  William J. Flynn

 

 

William J. Flynn

 

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

Dated:  May 1, 2019

 

/s/  Spencer Schwartz

 

 

Spencer Schwartz

 

 

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

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Exhibit 10.1

 

 

INVESTMENT AGREEMENT

Dated as of March 27, 2019

by and between

ATLAS AIR WORLDWIDE HOLDINGS, INC.

and

AMAZON.COM, INC.

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

Article I WARRANT ISSUANCE; CLOSING1

 

1.1

Warrant Issuance1

 

1.2

Closing2

 

1.3

Interpretation2

Article II REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES3

 

2.1

Disclosure3

 

2.2

Representations and Warranties of the Company4

 

2.3

Representations and Warranties of Amazon11

Article III COVENANTS13

 

3.1

Efforts13

 

3.2

Public Announcements17

 

3.3

Expenses17

 

3.4

Tax Treatment17

 

3.5

Top-Up Adjustment18

Article IV ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS20

 

4.1

Acquisition for Investment20

 

4.2

Legend20

 


 

 

4.3

Anti-takeover Provisions and Rights Plan21

Article V MISCELLANEOUS21

 

5.1

Termination of This Agreement; Other Triggers21

 

5.2

Amendment22

 

5.3

Waiver of Conditions22

 

5.4

Counterparts and Facsimile22

 

5.5

Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL22

 

5.6

Notices23

 

5.7

Entire Agreement, Etc.24

 

5.8

Definitions of “subsidiary” and “Affiliate”25

 

5.9

Assignment25

 

5.10

Severability25

 

5.11

No Third Party Beneficiaries26

 

5.12

Specific Performance26

 

5.13

Certain Amendments26


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INDEX OF DEFINED TERMS

TermPage

 

2015 Convertible Note Warrant Agreements

6

2015 Convertible Note Warrants

6

2015 Convertible Notes

7

2017 Convertible Note Warrant Agreements

7

2017 Convertible Note Warrants

7

2017 Convertible Notes

7

A&R ATSA

1

A&R Stockholders Agreement

1

Affiliate

25

Agreement

1

Air Transportation Agreements

1

Amazon

1

Anti-takeover Provisions

11

Antitrust Laws

9

Applicable Law

3

Bankruptcy Exceptions

8

Beneficial Owner

13

Beneficial Ownership

13

Beneficially Own

13

Citizen of the United States

4

Closing

2

Commission

4

Common Stock

1

Company

1

Company Benefit Plan

11

Company Disclosure Letter

4

Company Stock Plans

5

Confidentiality Agreement

25

Control

25

Controlled

25

Controlling

25

Convertible Notes

7

DOT

4

DOT Regulations

5

Effect

3

Exchange Act

4

Exercise Approval

12

Existing Call Option Agreements

18

Existing Call Options

19

Existing Convertible Note Warrants

7

FAA

4

GAAP

3

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Governmental Entity

9

HSR Act

9

HSR Filing Date

14

Initial Antitrust Clearance

14

Initial Antitrust Filings

14

Initial Communications Materials

17

Initial Filing Transaction

14

Issued Amazon Warrants

5

Material Adverse Effect

3

Net Cash Ratio

19

New Shares

18

Notice of Substantial Change of Ownership

16

Operating Authority

5

Other Antitrust Filings

14

Preferred Stock

5

Previously Disclosed

4

Refinancing Cap

19

Refinancing Convertible Notes

18

Replacement Cap

19

Replacement Hedging Arrangement

18

Replacement Warrants

18

SEC Reports

4

Securities Act

5

SOX

10

subsidiary

25

Top-Up Number

19

Transaction Documents

4

Transaction Litigation

16

Warrant Issuance

2

Warrant Shares

2

Warrant-A

26

Warrant-B

26

Warrant-C

1

 

 

 

-iv-


 

This INVESTMENT AGREEMENT, dated as of March 27, 2019 (this “Agreement”), is by and between Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Amazon.com, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Amazon”).

RECITALS:

Whereas, the Company and Amazon (and/or their respective Affiliates) have previously entered into certain commercial arrangements, and in connection therewith the Company has previously issued to Amazon warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Common Stock”);

WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each of the Company and Amazon has determined it to be advisable and in the best interests of their respective companies and stockholders to enter into certain additional commercial arrangements as further set forth herein, including by entering into at the Closing (i) an amended and restated Air Transportation Services Agreement, (the “A&R ATSA”), dated as of March 27, 2019, by and between Atlas Air, Inc. and Amazon.com Services, Inc., (ii) the Aircraft Lease Agreements by and between Titan Aviation Leasing Limited – Americas, Inc. and Amazon.com Services, Inc., (iii) the Aircraft Sublease Agreements by and between Amazon.com Services, Inc. and Atlas Air, Inc., and (iv) Work Orders by and between Atlas Air, Inc. and Amazon.com Services, Inc., with respect to aircraft to be operated thereunder, in each case, in the forms as agreed between the parties (collectively, the “Air Transportation Agreements”);

WHEREAS, in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Company desires to issue to Amazon, and Amazon desires to acquire from the Company, at the Closing, an additional warrant to purchase shares of the Common Stock as set forth herein; and

WHEREAS, the parties will, at the Closing, enter into an amended and restated Stockholders Agreement, in the form as agreed between the parties (the “A&R Stockholders Agreement”), providing for certain corporate governance and other matters with respect to the Company, and certain other agreements between the Company and Amazon.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, and of the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth herein, and intending to be legally bound, the parties agree as set forth herein.

Article I
WARRANT ISSUANCE; CLOSING

1.1Warrant Issuance

. On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company shall issue to Amazon, and Amazon shall acquire from the Company, at the Closing, a warrant to purchase 6,632,576 shares of the Common Stock, subject to adjustment in accordance with its terms, in the form as agreed between the parties (“Warrant-C”).  The issuance of Warrant-C by the Company and the acquisition of Warrant‑C by Amazon are referred to herein as the “Warrant Issuance” and the shares of the Common Stock issuable upon exercise of Warrant‑C are referred to herein as the “Warrant Shares”.

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1.2Closing

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(a)The closing of the Warrant Issuance (the “Closing”) shall take place at the offices of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, 1888 Century Park East, Suite 2100, Los Angeles, California 90067, immediately following the execution and delivery of this Agreement.

(b)At the Closing, the Company shall deliver to Amazon:

(i)Warrant-C, as evidenced by a duly and validly executed warrant certificate dated as of the date hereof and bearing appropriate legends as hereinafter provided for;

(ii)the A&R ATSA, duly executed by Atlas Air, Inc.; and

(iii)the A&R Stockholders Agreement, duly executed by the Company.

(c)At the Closing, Amazon shall deliver to the Company:

(i)a duly and validly executed counterpart to the certificate evidencing Warrant-C;

(ii)the A&R ATSA, duly executed by Amazon.com Services, Inc.; and

(iii)the A&R Stockholders Agreement, duly executed by Amazon.

1.3Interpretation

. When a reference is made in this Agreement to “Recitals,” “Articles,” “Sections,” “Annexes,” “Schedules” or “Exhibits”, such reference shall be to a Recital, Article or Section of, or Annex, Schedule or Exhibit to, this Agreement unless otherwise indicated. The terms defined in the singular have a comparable meaning when used in the plural, and vice versa. References to “herein,” “hereof,” “hereunder” and the like refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular section or provision, unless the context requires otherwise. References to “parties” refer to the parties to this Agreement. The table of contents and headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and are not part of this Agreement. Whenever the words “include,” “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed followed by the words “without limitation.” No rule of construction against the draftsperson shall be applied in connection with the interpretation or enforcement of this Agreement, as this Agreement is the product of negotiation between sophisticated parties advised by counsel. Any reference to a “wholly owned subsidiary” of a person shall mean such subsidiary is directly or indirectly wholly owned by such person. All references to “$” or “dollars” mean the lawful currency of the United States of America. Except as expressly stated in this Agreement, all references to any statute, rule or regulation are to the statute, rule or regulation as amended, modified, supplemented or replaced from time to time (and, in the case of statutes, include any rules and regulations promulgated under the statute) and to any section of any statute, rule or regulation include any successor to the section. The term “Business Day” means any day except Saturday, Sunday and any day which shall be a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions in the State of New York generally are authorized or required by law or other governmental actions to close.

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Article II
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

2.1Disclosure

.

(a)Material Adverse Effect” means any change, effect, event, development, circumstance or occurrence (each, an “Effect”) that, taken individually or when taken together with all other applicable Effects, has been, is or would reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to (i) the business, assets, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (ii) the ability of the Company to complete the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents or to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents; provided, however, that in no event shall any of the following Effects, alone or in combination, be deemed to constitute, or be taken into account in determining whether there has been, is or would be, a Material Adverse Effect: (A) any change in general economic, market or political conditions; (B) conditions generally affecting the industry in which the Company operates; (C) any change in generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”) or Applicable Law; (D) any act of war (whether or not declared), armed hostilities, sabotage or terrorism, or any material escalation or worsening of any such events, or any national disaster or any national or international calamity; (E) any failure, in and of itself, to meet internal or published projections, forecasts, targets or revenue or earnings predictions for any period, as well as any change, in and of itself, by the Company in any projections, forecasts, targets or revenue or earnings predictions for any period (provided that the underlying causes of such failures (to the extent not otherwise falling within one of the other exceptions in this proviso) may constitute or be taken into account in determining whether there has been, is, or would be, a Material Adverse Effect); (F) any change in the price or trading volume of the Common Stock (provided that the underlying causes of such change (to the extent not otherwise falling within one of the other exceptions in this proviso) may constitute or be taken into account in determining whether there has been, is or would be, a Material Adverse Effect); or (G) the announcement of this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents, including, to the extent attributable to such announcement, any loss of or adverse change in the relationship, contractual or otherwise, of the Company and its subsidiaries with their respective employees, customers, distributors, licensors, licensees, vendors, lenders, investors, partners or suppliers; provided, further, however, that any Effect referred to in clauses (A) through (D) may be taken into account in determining whether or not there has been, is, or would be, a Material Adverse Effect to the extent such Effect has a disproportionate adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, as compared to other participants in the industry in which the Company and its subsidiaries operate (in which case any adverse effect(s) to the extent disproportionate may be taken into account in determining whether or not there has been, is or would be a Material Adverse Effect). “Applicable Law” has the meaning set forth in the A&R Stockholders Agreement.

(b)Previously Disclosed” means information set forth or incorporated in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 or its other reports, statements and forms (including exhibits and other information incorporated therein) filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under Sections 13(a), 14(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or under the Securities Act, in each case on or after December 31, 2018 (the

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SEC Reports”) (in each case excluding any disclosures set forth in any risk factor section and in any section relating to forward-looking or safe harbor statements), to the extent such SEC Reports are filed or furnished at least five (5) Business Days prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement.

Each party acknowledges that it is not relying upon any representation or warranty of the other party, express or implied, not set forth in the Transaction Documents. Amazon acknowledges that it has had an opportunity to conduct such review and analysis of the business, assets, condition, operations and prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries, including an opportunity to ask such questions of management and to review such information maintained by the Company and its subsidiaries, in each case as it considers sufficient for the purpose of consummating the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Amazon further acknowledges that it has had such an opportunity to consult with its own counsel, financial and tax advisers and other professional advisers as it believes is sufficient for purposes of the transactions contemplated by the other Transaction Documents. For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Transaction Documents” refers collectively to this Agreement, the Air Transportation Agreements, the A&R Stockholders Agreement, Warrant-C, and any other agreement entered into by and among the parties and/or their Affiliates on the date hereof in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, in each case, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with their respective terms.

2.2Representations and Warranties of the Company

. Except as Previously Disclosed or as disclosed in the disclosure letter (the “Company Disclosure Letter”) delivered by the Company to Amazon prior to the execution of this Agreement, the Company represents and warrants as of the date of this Agreement to Amazon that:

(a)Organization, Authority and Significant Subsidiaries. The Company (i) has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with the corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business in all material respects as currently conducted, and, except as would not constitute a Material Adverse Effect, has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation for the transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties, or conducts any business so as to require such qualification, (ii) is a “Citizen of the United States” (“Citizen of the United States”) as defined by Section 40102(a)(15) of Title 49 of United States Code, and as such term is interpreted by the United States Department of Transportation (“DOT”), (iii) through its Affiliates, holds (A) air carrier certificates and operations specifications issued by the United States Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”) pursuant to Section 44705 of Title 49 of the United States Code and corresponding FAA regulations, (B) certificates of public convenience and necessity (and/or equivalent exemption authority) authorizing interstate and foreign air transportation of property and mail issued by the DOT pursuant to Section 41102 of Title 49 of United States Code (and/or under Section 40109 in the case of exemption authority) and corresponding DOT regulations (“DOT Regulations”), and (C) any corresponding permits, licenses, authorizations, certificates, exemptions, approvals, waivers, authorizations or similar rights obtained, or required to be obtained, from any Governmental Entity, in each case as is necessary to fulfill the Company’s obligations pursuant to the Air Transportation Agreements (collectively, the “Operating Authority”). To the knowledge of the Company based on due inquiry of the books and records of

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the Company, each Beneficial Owner of 5% or more of the Common Stock is a Citizen of the United States. Each subsidiary of the Company that is a “significant subsidiary” within the meaning of Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and each subsidiary of the Company that is not such a “significant subsidiary” but is a party to any other Transaction Document, has been duly organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, with the corporate or analogous power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business in all material respects as currently conducted, and, except as would not constitute a Material Adverse Effect, has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation, limited liability company or partnership, as applicable, for the transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties, or conducts any business so as to require such qualification.

(b)Capitalization.

(i)The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 100,000,000 shares of the Common Stock of which, as of the close of business on March 27, 2019, 25,850,498 shares were issued and outstanding (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, shares held in treasury), and 10,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share (the “Preferred Stock”), of which, as of the date hereof, no shares have been designated or are issued or outstanding. As of the close of business on March 27, 2019, the Company held 5,171,617 shares of the Common Stock in its treasury. As of the close of business on March 27, 2019, no shares of the Common Stock or Preferred Stock were reserved for issuance, except for (i) 1,122,419 shares of the Common Stock reserved for issuance under compensatory equity plans of the Company or a subsidiary of the Company in effect as of the date hereof and set forth in Section 2.2(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter (the “Company Stock Plans”) (including 1,085,412 shares of the Common Stock reserved for issuance upon the settlement of restricted stock units and performance awards outstanding as of such date and granted under the Company Stock Plans (assuming, in the case of performance awards, that applicable goals are attained at maximum levels)), (ii) 11,250,000 shares of the Common Stock reserved for issuance upon the exercise of warrants issued pursuant to the Investment Agreement by and between the Company and Amazon dated as of May 4, 2016 (the “Issued Amazon Warrants”), (iii)(A) 7,295,308 shares of the Common Stock reserved for issuance upon conversion of the 2015 Convertible Notes, and (B) 3,031,558 shares of the Common Stock reserved for issuance upon exercise of the 2015 Convertible Note Warrants and (iv)(A) 11,544,581 shares of the Common Stock reserved for issuance upon conversion of the 2017 Convertible Notes, and (B) 4,731,306 shares of the Common Stock reserved for issuance upon exercise of the 2017 Convertible Note Warrants. The outstanding shares of the Common Stock have been duly authorized and are validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and nonassessable, and subject to no preemptive rights (and were not issued in violation of any preemptive rights, the Company’s certificate of incorporation or by-laws, or any Applicable Laws). Except as set forth above or pursuant to the Transaction Documents, there are no (A) shares of capital stock or other equity interests or voting securities of the Company authorized, reserved for issuance, issued or outstanding, (B) options, warrants, calls, preemptive rights, subscription or other rights, instruments, agreements, arrangements or commitments of any character, obligating the

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Company or any of its subsidiaries to issue, transfer or sell or cause to be issued, transferred or sold any shares of capital stock or other equity interest or voting security in the Company or any securities or instruments convertible into or exchangeable for such shares of capital stock or other equity interests or voting securities, or obligating the Company or any of its subsidiaries to grant, extend or enter into any such option, warrant, call, preemptive right, subscription or other right, instrument, agreement, arrangement or commitment, (C) outstanding contractual obligations of the Company or any of its subsidiaries to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any capital stock or other equity interest or voting securities of the Company, or (D) issued or outstanding performance awards, units, rights to receive any capital stock or other equity interest or voting securities of the Company on a deferred basis, or rights to purchase or receive any capital stock or equity interest or voting securities issued or granted by the Company to any current or former director, officer, employee or consultant of the Company. No subsidiary of the Company owns any shares of capital stock or other equity interest or voting securities of the Company. There are no voting trusts or other agreements or understandings to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party with respect to the voting of the capital stock or other equity interest or voting securities of the Company.

(ii)For purposes of this Agreement:

(A)2015 Convertible Note Warrant Agreements” means (i) the Base Warrant Transaction Confirmation, dated as of May 28, 2015 (as amended or modified from time to time), between Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc and the Company, (ii) the Additional Warrant Transaction Confirmation, dated as of June 1, 2015 (as amended or modified from time to time), between Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc and the Company, (iii) the Base Warrant Transaction confirmation, dated as of May 28, 2015 (as amended or modified from time to time), between BNP Paribas and the Company and (iv) the Additional Warrant Transaction Confirmation, dated as of June 1, 2015 (as amended or modified from time to time), between BNP Paribas and the Company.

(B)2015 Convertible Note Warrants” means the warrants for the purchase of shares of the Common Stock issued pursuant to the 2015 Convertible Note Warrant Agreements.

(C)2015 Convertible Notes” means the 2.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2022 issued pursuant to the First Supplemental Indenture, dated June 3, 2015 (as amended or modified from time to time), between the Company and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee.

(D)2017 Convertible Note Warrant Agreements” means (i) the Base Warrant Transaction Confirmation, dated as of May 17, 2017 (as amended or modified from time to time), between Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc and the Company, (ii) the Additional Warrant Transaction Confirmation, dated as of May 18, 2017 (as amended or modified from time to time), between Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc and the Company, (iii) the Base Warrant

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Transaction Confirmation, dated as of May 17, 2017 (as amended or modified from time to time), between Citibank, N.A. and the Company, (iv) the Additional Warrant Transaction Confirmation, dated as of May 18, 2017 (as amended or modified from time to time), between Citibank, N.A. and the Company, (v) the Base Warrant Transaction Confirmation, dated as of May 17, 2017 (as amended or modified from time to time), between BNP Paribas and the Company and (vi) the Additional Warrant Transaction Confirmation, dated as of May 18, 2017 (as amended or modified from time to time), between BNP Paribas and the Company.

(E)2017 Convertible Note Warrants” means the warrants for the purchase of shares of the Common Stock issued pursuant to the 2017 Convertible Note Warrant Agreements.

(F)2017 Convertible Notes” means the 1.875% Convertible Senior Notes due 2024 issued pursuant to the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated May 23, 2017 (as amended or modified from time to time), between the Company and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee.  

(G)Convertible Notes”  means, as applicable, the 2015 Convertible Notes or the 2017 Convertible Notes.

(H)Existing Convertible Note Warrants”  means, as applicable, the 2015 Convertible Note Warrants or the 2017 Convertible Note Warrants.

(c)Warrant‑C and Warrant Shares. Warrant-C has been duly authorized by the Company and constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as the same may be limited by the Bankruptcy Exceptions, and the Warrant Shares have been duly authorized and reserved for issuance upon exercise of Warrant-C and, when so issued, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and free and clear of any liens or encumbrances, other than liens or encumbrances created by the Transaction Documents, arising as a matter of Applicable Law or created by or at the direction of Amazon or any of its Affiliates.

(d)Authorization, Enforceability.

(i)Each of the Company, and each subsidiary of the Company that is a party to any other Transaction Document, has the power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, as applicable, to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company, and by each subsidiary of the Company that is a party to any other Transaction Document, of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate (or analogous) action on the part of the Company and its stockholders, or such subsidiary and its equityholders, as applicable, and no further approval or authorization is required on the part of the Company or its

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stockholders, or such subsidiary or its equityholders, as applicable. This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties hereto and thereto, are valid and binding obligations of the Company and each such subsidiary, as applicable, enforceable against the Company and such subsidiary, respectively, in accordance with their respective terms, except as the same may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and general equitable principles, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity (“Bankruptcy Exceptions”).

(ii)The execution, delivery and performance by the Company, and each subsidiary of the Company that is a party to any other Transaction Document, of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, as applicable, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and compliance by the Company or such subsidiary, as applicable, with any of the provisions hereof and thereof, will not (A) violate, conflict with, or result in a breach of any provision of, or constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the termination of, or accelerate the performance required by, or result in a right of termination or acceleration of, or result in the creation of, any lien, security interest, charge or encumbrance upon any of the properties or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries under any of the terms, conditions or provisions of (x) its certificate of incorporation or by-laws (or analogous organizational documents), or (y) any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, deed of trust, license, lease, agreement or other instrument or obligation to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of its subsidiaries may be bound, or to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of the properties or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, or (B) subject to compliance with the statutes and regulations referred to in the next paragraph, violate any law, statute, rule or regulation or any judgment, ruling, order, writ, injunction or decree applicable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets except, in the case of clauses (A)(y) and (B), for those occurrences that would not constitute a Material Adverse Effect.

(iii)Other than (A) such notices, filings, exemptions, reviews, authorizations, consents or approvals as have been made or obtained as of the date hereof and (B) notices, filings, exemptions, reviews, authorizations, consents or approvals as may be required under, and other applicable requirements of (1) the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the “HSR Act”), (2) any other Antitrust Laws, (3) the Exchange Act, (4) the Securities Act, (5) The NASDAQ Global Select Market, (6) notice under the regulations and requirements of the United States Department of Defense and its constituent agencies, and (7) the DOT Regulations, no notice to, filing with, exemption or review by, or authorization, consent or approval of, any federal, state, local, domestic, foreign or supranational court, administrative or regulatory agency or commission or other federal, state, local, domestic, foreign or supranational governmental authority or instrumentality (each, a “Governmental Entity”) is required to be made or obtained by the Company or any of its subsidiaries in connection with the consummation by the Company or any of its subsidiaries of the Warrant Issuance and the other transactions contemplated hereby and by the other

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Transaction Documents, except for any such notices, filings, exemptions, reviews, authorizations, consents and approvals the failure of which to make or obtain would not constitute a Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of this Agreement, “Antitrust Laws” means the HSR Act, the Sherman Act, as amended, the Clayton Act, as amended, the Federal Trade Commission Act, as amended, and any other federal, state, local, domestic, foreign or supranational laws that are designed to prohibit, restrict or regulate actions having the purpose or effect of monopolization or restraint of trade or that provide for review of foreign investment.

(e)Company Financial Statements; Internal Controls.

(i)Each of the consolidated financial statements included in the SEC Reports (A) complied as to form, as of their respective dates of filing with the Commission, in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements and with the rules and regulations of the Commission, (B) were prepared in accordance with GAAP, in all material respects, applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (except as may be indicated in such financial statements or in the notes thereto and subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnote disclosure), and (C) fairly presents, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position and the consolidated results of operations and cash flows (and changes in financial position, if any) of the Company and its subsidiaries as of the date and for the periods referred to in such financial statements.

(ii)Neither the Company nor any of the Company’s subsidiaries is a party to, or has any commitment to become a party to, any joint venture, off-balance sheet partnership or any similar agreement or arrangement, where the result, purpose or effect of such agreement or arrangement is to avoid disclosure of any material transaction involving, or material liabilities of, the Company or any of its subsidiaries in the SEC Reports (including the financial statements contained therein).

(iii)The Company has designed and maintains a system of internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act) sufficient to provide reasonable assurances regarding the reliability of financial reporting. The Company (A) has designed and maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act) to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits with the Commission is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules, regulations and forms, and is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure, and (B) has disclosed, based on its most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Company’s outside auditors and the Audit Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors (x) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting that would reasonably be expected to adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information and (y) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s internal

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control over financial reporting, all of which information described in clauses (x) and (y) above has been disclosed by the Company to Amazon prior to the date hereof. Any material change in internal control over financial reporting required to be disclosed in any SEC Report has been so disclosed.

(iv)Since December 31, 2015, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any material complaint, allegation, assertion or claim regarding the accounting or auditing practices, procedures, methodologies or methods of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or their respective internal accounting controls.

(v)Each of the principal executive officer of the Company and the principal financial officer of the Company (or each former principal executive officer of the Company and each former principal financial officer of the Company, as applicable) has made all certifications required by Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14 under the Exchange Act and Sections 302 and 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended (“SOX”), with respect to the SEC Reports, and the statements contained in such certifications were true and complete on the date such certifications were made. For purposes of this Agreement, “principal executive officer” and “principal financial officer” shall have the meanings given to such terms in SOX.

(f)No Material Adverse Effect. Since December 31, 2018, no Material Adverse Effect has occurred.

(g)Reports.

(i)Since December 31, 2015, the Company has complied in all material respects with the filing requirements of Sections 13(a), 14(a) and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, and of the Securities Act.

(ii)The SEC Reports, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and SOX, as applicable, and none of such documents, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading.

(h)Anti-takeover Provisions and No Rights Plan.

(i)The actions taken by the Board of Directors of the Company to approve this Agreement, the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of Amazon set forth in Section 2.3(c), constitute all the action necessary to render inapplicable to this Agreement, the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby the provisions of any potentially applicable anti-takeover, control share, fair price, moratorium, interested shareholder or similar law (including, for the avoidance of doubt, Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation

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Law) and any potentially applicable provision of the Company’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws (collectively, the “Anti-takeover Provisions”).

(ii)The Company does not have any “poison pill” or similar shareholder rights plan or agreement in effect.

(i)No Change in Control. Except as set forth in Section 2.2(i) of the Company Disclosure Letter, neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, will (i) result in any payment (including severance, unemployment compensation, forgiveness of indebtedness or otherwise) becoming due to any director or any employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries under any employment, compensation or benefit plan, program, policy, agreement or arrangement that is sponsored, maintained or contributed to by the Company or any of its subsidiaries (each, a “Company Benefit Plan”) or otherwise; (ii) increase any benefits otherwise payable under any Company Benefit Plan; (iii) result in any acceleration of the time of payment or vesting of any such benefits; (iv) require the funding or acceleration of funding of any trust or other funding vehicle; or (v) constitute a “change in control,” “change of control” or other similar term under any Company Benefit Plan.

(j)Brokers; Fees and Expenses. No broker, investment banker, financial advisor or other person, other than Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (the fees and expenses of which will be paid by the Company), is entitled to any broker’s, finder’s, financial advisor’s or other similar fee or commission, or the reimbursement of expenses, in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of the Company.

2.3Representations and Warranties of Amazon

. Amazon hereby represents and warrants as of the date of this Agreement to the Company that:

(a)Organization. Amazon has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with the corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business in all material respects as currently conducted. Each subsidiary of Amazon that is a party to any Transaction Document has been duly organized and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, with the corporate (or equivalent) power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business in all material respects as currently conducted.

(b)Authorization, Enforceability.

(i)Amazon and each of its subsidiaries that is a party to any other Transaction Document have the corporate or analogous power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party, to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution, delivery and performance by Amazon, and by each of its subsidiaries that is a party to any other Transaction Document, as applicable, of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and

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thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or analogous action on its, or such subsidiary’s part, as applicable, and no further approval or authorization is required on its, or such subsidiary’s part, as applicable. This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties hereto and thereto, are valid and binding obligations of Amazon, and such subsidiary, as applicable, enforceable against it, and such subsidiary, as applicable, in accordance with their respective terms, except as the same may be limited by Bankruptcy Exceptions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the exercise of Warrant-C may require further board of director (or analogous) approvals or authorizations on the part of Amazon (the “Exercise Approval”).

(ii)The execution, delivery and performance by Amazon, or any such subsidiary, as applicable, of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it, or any such subsidiary is a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and compliance by it, and such subsidiary, as applicable, with any of the provisions hereof and thereof, will not (A) violate, conflict with, or result in a breach of any provision of, or constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the termination of, or accelerate the performance required by, or result in a right of termination or acceleration of, or result in the creation of, any lien, security interest, charge or encumbrance upon any of its properties or assets under any of the terms, conditions or provisions of (x) subject to Exercise Approval, its, or such subsidiary’s, as applicable, organizational documents or (y) any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, deed of trust, license, lease, agreement or other instrument or obligation to which it, or such subsidiary, as applicable, is a party or by which it, or such subsidiary, as applicable, may be bound, or to which it, or such subsidiary, as applicable, or any of its, or such subsidiary’s, as applicable, properties or assets is subject, or (B) subject to compliance with the statutes and regulations referred to in the next paragraph, violate any statute, rule or regulation or any judgment, ruling, order, writ, injunction or decree applicable to it, or such subsidiary, as applicable, or any of its, or such subsidiary’s, as applicable, properties or assets except, in the case of clauses (A)(y) and (B), for those occurrences that, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, a material adverse effect on the ability of Amazon to complete the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents or to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents.

(iii)Other than (A) such notices, filings, exemptions, reviews, authorizations, consents or approvals as have been made or obtained as of the date hereof, and (B) notices, filings, exemptions, reviews, authorizations, consents or approvals as may be required under, and other applicable requirements of (1) the HSR Act, (2) any other Antitrust Laws, (3) the Exchange Act, (4) the Securities Act and (5) DOT Regulations, no notice to, filing with, exemption or review by, or authorization, consent or approval of, any Governmental Entity is required to be made or obtained by it or any of its subsidiaries in connection with the consummation by Amazon or any of its subsidiaries of the Warrant Issuance and the other transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Transaction Documents, except for any such notices, filings, exemptions, reviews, authorizations, consents and approvals the failure of which to make or obtain

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have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on the ability of Amazon and its subsidiaries to complete the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents or to perform their respective obligations under the Transaction Documents.

(c)Ownership. Other than pursuant to the Issued Amazon Warrants, this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, neither Amazon nor any of its subsidiaries is, directly or indirectly, the Beneficial Owner of (i) any of the Common Stock or (ii) any securities or other instruments representing the right to acquire the Common Stock.  Neither Amazon nor any of its subsidiaries has an agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person (other than the Company and its subsidiaries) to acquire, dispose of or vote any securities of the Company. “Beneficial Ownership” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the A&R Stockholders Agreement. “Beneficial Owner” and “Beneficially Own” shall have conforming definitions.  

(d)Brokers; Fees and Expenses. No broker, investment banker, financial advisor or other person is entitled to any broker’s, finder’s, financial advisor’s or other similar fee or commission, or the reimbursement of expenses, in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of Amazon.

Article III
COVENANTS

3.1Efforts

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(a)Subject to the terms and conditions hereof (including the remainder of this Section 3.1) and the other Transaction Documents, each party shall use its reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or desirable under Applicable Law to carry out the provisions hereof and thereof and give effect to the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, each of the parties shall (i) subject to the provisions of this Section 3.1, including Section 3.1(d), use its reasonable best efforts to obtain as promptly as practicable and advisable (as determined in good faith by Amazon in accordance with the first sentence of Section 3.1(d)) all exemptions, authorizations, consents or approvals from, and to make all filings with and to give all notices to, all third parties, including any Governmental Entities, required in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include providing, as promptly as practicable and advisable, such information to any Governmental Entity as such Governmental Entity may request in connection therewith, and (ii) cooperate fully with the other party in promptly seeking to obtain all such exemptions, authorizations, consents or approvals and to make all such filings and give such notices; provided, that nothing in this Section 3.1(a) shall require either party to expend any money, bring any claim, action or proceeding or offer or grant any accommodation (financial or otherwise) to any third party to obtain any such exemptions, authorizations, consents or approvals or to make any such filings or notices (other than the payment of customary fees and expenses).

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(b)Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (i) as promptly as practicable after written notice from Amazon, the parties shall file the Notification and Report Forms required under the HSR Act with the Federal Trade Commission and the United States Department of Justice (the date on which all such Notification and Report Forms required under the HSR Act have been initially filed, the “HSR Filing Date”) and (ii) as promptly as practicable after written notice from Amazon, file, make or give, as applicable, all other filings, requests or notices required under any other Antitrust Laws, in each case with respect to the issuance of the Warrant Shares (the “Initial Filing Transaction”) (the filings, requests and notices described in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), collectively, the “Initial Antitrust Filings”). In addition, following the receipt of the Initial Antitrust Clearance, to the extent required by Applicable Law (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Antitrust Law) in connection with any further issuance of Warrant Shares (in each case, whether in full or in part), the parties shall file, make or give, as applicable, as promptly as practicable and advisable (as determined in good faith by Amazon in accordance with the first sentence of Section 3.1(d)), any further required filings, requests or notices required under any Antitrust Laws, including the HSR Act (collectively, the “Other Antitrust Filings”). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each party shall supply as promptly as reasonably practicable to the appropriate Governmental Entities any information and documentary material that may be requested pursuant to the HSR Act or any other Antitrust Laws. For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Initial Antitrust Clearance” as of any time means (x) prior to such time, the expiration or termination of the waiting period under the HSR Act and the receipt of all exemptions, authorizations, consents or approvals, the making of all filings and the giving of all notices, and the expiration of all waiting periods, pursuant to any other Antitrust Laws, in each case to the extent required with respect to the Initial Filing Transaction, and (y) the absence at such time of any Applicable Law or temporary restraining order, preliminary or permanent injunction or other judgment, order, writ, injunction, legally binding agreement with a Governmental Entity, stipulation, decision or decree issued by any court of competent jurisdiction or other legal restraint or prohibition under any Antitrust Law, in each case that has the effect of preventing the consummation of the Initial Filing Transaction.

(c)Subject to the terms and conditions hereof (including the remainder of this Section 3.1) and the other Transaction Documents, each of the parties shall use its reasonable best efforts to avoid or eliminate each and every impediment under any Antitrust Laws that may be asserted by any Governmental Entity, so as to enable the parties to give effect to the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Transaction Documents in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; provided, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any of the other Transaction Documents, nothing in this Section 3.1 shall require, or be construed to require, any party or any of its Affiliates to agree to (and no party or any of its Affiliates shall agree to, without the prior written consent of the other parties): (i) sell, hold separate, divest, discontinue or limit (or any conditions relating to, or changes or restrictions in, the operation of) any assets, businesses or interests of it or its Affiliates (irrespective of whether or not such assets, businesses or interests are related to, are the subject matter of or could be affected by the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents); (ii) without limiting clause (i) in any respect, any conditions relating to, or changes or restrictions in, the operations of any such assets, businesses or interests that would reasonably be expected to adversely impact (x) the business of, or the financial, business or strategic benefits of the transactions contemplated hereby or by any of the other Transaction Documents to it or its Affiliates, or (y) any other assets, businesses or interests of it or its Affiliates; or (iii) without limiting clause

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(i) in any respect, any modification or waiver of the terms and conditions of this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents that would reasonably be expected to adversely impact (x) the business of, or financial, business or strategic benefits of the transactions contemplated hereby or by any of the other Transaction Documents to it or its Affiliates, or (y) any other assets, businesses or interests of it or its Affiliates.

(d)Amazon shall have the principal responsibility for devising and implementing the strategy (including with respect to the timing of filings) for obtaining any exemptions, authorizations, consents or approvals required under the HSR Act or any other Antitrust Laws in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Transaction Documents; provided, however, that Amazon shall consult in advance with the Company and in good faith take the Company’s views into account regarding the overall antitrust strategy. Each of the parties shall promptly notify the other party of, and if in writing furnish the other party with copies of (or, in the case of oral communications, advise the other of), any substantive communication that it or any of its Affiliates receives from any Governmental Entity, whether written or oral, relating to the matters that are the subject of this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents and, to the extent reasonably practicable, permit the other party to review in advance any proposed substantive written communication by such party to any Governmental Entity and consider in good faith the other party’s reasonable comments on any such proposed substantive written communications prior to their submission. No party shall, and each party shall cause its Affiliates not to, participate or agree to participate in any substantive meeting or communication with any Governmental Entity in respect of the subject matter of the Transaction Documents, including on a “no names” or hypothetical basis, unless (to the extent practicable) it or they consult with the other party in advance and, to the extent practicable and permitted by such Governmental Entity, give the other party the opportunity to jointly prepare for, attend and participate in such meeting or communication. The parties shall (and shall cause their Affiliates to) coordinate and cooperate fully with each other in exchanging such information and providing such assistance as the other party may reasonably request in connection with the matters described in this Section 3.1, including (x) furnishing to each other all information reasonably requested to determine the jurisdictions in which a filing or submission under any Antitrust Law is required or advisable, (y) furnishing to each other all information required for any filing or submission under any Antitrust Law and (z) keeping each other reasonably informed with respect to the status of each exemption, authorization, consent, approval, filing and notice under any Antitrust Law, in each case, in connection with the matters that are the subject of this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents. The parties shall provide each other with copies of all substantive correspondence, filings or communications between them or any of their Affiliates or representatives, on the one hand, and any Governmental Entity or members of its staff, on the other hand, relating to the matters that are the subject of this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents; provided that such material may be redacted as necessary to (1) comply with contractual arrangements, (2) address good faith legal privilege or confidentiality concerns and (3) comply with Applicable Law.

(e)Subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, including in this Section 3.1, in the event that any arbitral, administrative, judicial or analogous action, claim or proceeding is instituted (or threatened to be instituted) by a Governmental Entity or any other party challenging the transactions contemplated hereby or by any of the other Transaction Documents (“Transaction Litigation”), each party shall use its reasonable best efforts to contest

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and resist any such Transaction Litigation and to have vacated, lifted, reversed or overturned any judgment, ruling, order, writ, injunction or decree, whether temporary, preliminary or permanent, that is in effect and that prohibits, prevents or restricts consummation or implementation of the transactions contemplated hereby or by any of the other Transaction Documents. Each party shall keep the other party reasonably informed unless doing so would reasonably be likely to jeopardize any privilege of such party regarding any such Transaction Litigation (subject to such party using reasonable best efforts to, and cooperating in good faith with the other party in, developing and implementing reasonable alternative arrangements to provide such other party with such information). Subject to the immediately preceding sentence, each party shall promptly advise the other party orally and in writing and shall cooperate fully in connection with, and shall consult with each other with respect to, any Transaction Litigation and shall in good faith give consideration to each other’s advice with respect to such Transaction Litigation.

(f)Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, as promptly as practicable after written notice from Amazon that Amazon intends to exercise any Warrant that would result in Amazon having beneficial control of 10% or more of the Common Stock, which notice shall be at least thirty (30) days before the date that Amazon intends such exercise, Amazon and the Company shall jointly file a “Notice of Substantial Change of Ownership” with the DOT. Amazon and the Company shall cooperate fully in promptly providing information required to be submitted with the DOT pursuant to 14 CFR Part 204 and responding to any associated information requests of the DOT in its review of the substantial change in the Company’s ownership and in seeking a “comfort letter” from the DOT in connection therewith.

(g)Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, from and after the earlier of (i) the exercise of Warrant-C in full and (ii) the expiration, termination or cancellation of Warrant-C without Warrant-C having been exercised in full, no party shall have any further obligations under this Section 3.1; provided, that this Section 3.1(g) shall in no way relieve any party with respect to any breach by such party of this Section 3.1 prior to such time.

3.2Public Announcements

. The parties acknowledge that the communication plan (including the initial press release of each party) regarding the initial announcement of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to customers, suppliers, investors and employees and otherwise (the “Initial Communications Materials”) has been agreed by the parties. After the transmission of the Initial Communications Materials, except as required by Applicable Law or by the rules or requirements of any stock exchange on which the securities of a party are listed, no party shall make, or cause to be made, or permit any of its Affiliates to make, any press release or public announcement or other similar communications in respect of the Transaction Documents or the transactions contemplated thereby without prior written consent (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) of the other party, to the extent such release, announcement or communication relates to the transactions contemplated hereby or by any of the other Transaction Documents; provided that no party shall have the right to consent to any release, announcement or communication of the other party (including any filing required to be made under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act) made in the ordinary course of business unless and to the extent such release, announcement or communication (x) relates specifically to the signing or completion of the transactions contemplated hereby or by any of the other Transaction Documents or (y) includes information with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby or by any of the other Transaction

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Documents that is inconsistent with the Initial Communications Materials; provided, further, that the immediately foregoing clauses (x) and (y) shall not apply to any release, announcement or other communication to the extent containing information that is consistent with releases, announcements or other communications previously consented to by the other party in accordance with this Section 3.2.

3.3Expenses

. Unless otherwise provided in any Transaction Document, each of the parties shall bear and pay all costs and expenses incurred by it or on its behalf in connection with the transactions contemplated under the Transaction Documents, including fees and expenses of its own financial or other consultants, investment bankers, accountants and counsel.

3.4Tax Treatment

. No later than ninety (90) days after the Warrant Issuance, Amazon shall provide the Company with a valuation of Warrant-C for tax purposes and a valuation report prepared by Duff & Phelps, LLC (or such other valuation firm as may be agreed upon by the parties), taking into account the vesting schedule and any other relevant economic assumptions or inputs with respect to Warrant-C as determined by such firm or Amazon, as appropriate. Such valuation shall be binding on Amazon and the Company for all tax purposes. Amazon and the Company shall treat the Warrant Issuance (i) as a closed, taxable transaction occurring on the date of the Warrant Issuance, rather than as an open transaction, for tax purposes, and (ii) not as a transaction in connection with the performance of services within the meaning of Section 83 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Neither Amazon nor the Company shall take any position for tax purposes that is inconsistent with the foregoing, unless required by Applicable Law. At the Closing, Amazon will deliver, and will cause Amazon.com Services, Inc. to deliver, to the Company a complete and executed Internal Revenue Service Form W-9.

3.5Top-Up Adjustment

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(a)If the Company shall at any time or from time to time issue shares of the Common Stock after the Expiration Time (as defined in Warrant-C) to (i) any holder of any Convertible Notes upon the conversion of such Convertible Notes (net of any shares of the Common Stock delivered to the Company upon the exercise of the Existing Call Options in connection with such conversions) or (ii) any holder of the Existing Convertible Note Warrants upon exercise of the Existing Convertible Note Warrants (such shares of the Common Stock issued at such time to such holders, the “New Shares”), then the Company shall, as promptly as practicable after such issuance, issue to the Warrantholder (as defined in Warrant-C) a number of shares of the Common Stock equal to the Top-Up Number. In the event that the Company (1) refinances any Convertible Notes with other notes convertible into the Common Stock (the “Refinancing Convertible Notes”) and/or (2) replaces any Existing Convertible Note Warrants with other warrants issued in connection with the issuance of such Refinancing Convertible Notes (the “Replacement Warrants”), the top-up adjustment set forth in this Section 3.5 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, with respect to any new shares of the Common Stock issued by the Company upon the conversion of such Refinancing Convertible Notes or upon the exercise of the Replacement Warrants, with the “New Shares” in that circumstance being the number of new shares of the Common Stock issued upon the conversion of such Refinancing Convertible Notes (net of any shares of the Common Stock delivered to the Company in respect of any call options or other hedging arrangement put in place by the Company in connection with such Refinancing

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Convertible Notes (“Replacement Hedging Arrangement”)) or upon the exercise of the Replacement Warrants, as applicable.

(b)For the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of determining the number of “New Shares” issued by the Company pursuant to the conversion of any Convertible Notes (or any Refinancing Convertible Notes), the Company shall not be deemed to be issuing “New Shares” to the extent the Company obtains an equivalent number of shares of the Common Stock upon exercise of the Existing Call Options (or any Replacement Hedging Arrangement) and delivers such shares of the Common Stock to the holders of such Convertible Notes (or the holders of such Refinancing Convertible Notes, as applicable) upon the conversion thereof; provided, however, that, for the avoidance of doubt, this exclusion shall not apply to issuances of shares of the Common Stock by the Company the proceeds of which are used to finance the payment in cash of the strike price of the Existing Call Options (or pursuant to any Replacement Hedging Arrangement, as applicable).

(c)Existing Call Option Agreements” means (i) the Base Call Option Transaction Confirmation, dated as of May 28, 2015 (as amended or modified from time to time), between Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc and the Company, (ii) the Additional Call Option Transaction Confirmation, dated as of June 1, 2015 (as amended or modified from time to time), between Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc and the Company, (iii) the Base Call Option Transaction Confirmation, dated as of May 28, 2015 (as amended or modified from time to time), between BNP Paribas and the Company, (iv) the Additional Call Option Transaction Confirmation, dated as of June 1, 2015 (as amended or modified from time to time), between BNP Paribas and the Company, (v) the Base Call Option Transaction Confirmation, dated as of May 17, 2017 (as amended or modified from time to time), between Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc and the Company, (vi) the Additional Call Option Transaction Confirmation, dated as of May 18, 2017 (as amended or modified from time to time), between Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc and the Company, (vii) the Base Call Option Transaction Confirmation, dated as of May 17, 2017 (as amended or modified from time to time), between Citibank, N.A. and the Company, (viii) the Additional Call Option Transaction Confirmation, dated as of May 18, 2017 (as amended or modified from time to time), between Citibank, N.A. and the Company (ix) the Base Call Option Transaction Confirmation, dated as of May 17, 2017 (as amended or modified from time to time), between BNP Paribas and the Company and (x) the Additional Call Option Transaction Confirmation, dated as of May 18, 2017 (as amended or modified from time to time), between BNP Paribas and the Company.

(d)Existing Call Options” means the call options for the purchase of shares of the Common Stock issued pursuant to the Existing Call Option Agreements.

(e)Net Cash Ratio” means, with respect to any issuances of New Shares, a fraction (i) the numerator of which is the excess of (x) the VWAP (as defined in Warrant‑C) for the Common Stock for the thirty (30) Trading Days (as defined in Warrant‑C) immediately preceding the date of such issuance over (y) the Exercise Price as of the Expiration Time (each as defined in Warrant‑C) and (ii) the denominator of which is the VWAP (as defined in Warrant‑C) for the Common Stock for the 30 Trading Days (as defined in Warrant‑C) immediately preceding the date of such issuance.

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(f)Refinancing Cap” means, at the time of any issuance of Refinancing Convertible Notes in respect of any outstanding Convertible Notes, the total number of shares of the Common Stock that would be issuable upon conversion of such outstanding Convertible Notes at such time, net of the total number of shares of the Common Stock deliverable to the Company upon the exercise of the corresponding Existing Call Options at such time. For the avoidance of doubt, the Refinancing Cap will be reduced on a share-for-share basis by any shares of the Common Stock issued by the Company to the holders of the Convertible Notes prior to or in connection with any such refinancing that results in a top-up issuance to the holder of Warrant‑C pursuant to this Section 3.5.

(g)Replacement Cap” means, at the time of the replacement of any Existing Convertible Note Warrants with any Replacement Warrants, the total number of unissued shares of the Common Stock that remain issuable upon the exercise of such Existing Convertible Note Warrants at such time and with respect to which such Existing Convertible Note Warrants will expire and be cancelled upon such replacement. For the avoidance of doubt, the Replacement Cap will be reduced on a share-for-share basis by any shares of the Common Stock issued by the Company to the holders of the Existing Convertible Note Warrants prior to or in connection with any such replacement that results in a top-up issuance to the holder of Warrant-C pursuant to this Section 3.5.

(h)Top-Up Number” means, with respect to any issuances of New Shares, the product of (i) 0.174, (ii) the number of New Shares, (iii) the Net Cash Ratio and (iv) a fraction (x) the numerator of which shall be the total number of Warrant Shares that were issued to the Warrantholder upon any exercise of Warrant‑C during the term of Warrant‑C and (y) the denominator of which shall be the total number of Warrant Shares (exercised or unexercised, vested or unvested) under Warrant‑C as of the Expiration Time (as defined in Warrant‑C).  In the event that the Top-Up Number is being calculated as a result of the issuance of New Shares upon the conversion of any Refinancing Convertible Notes, the maximum aggregate number of New Shares that may be included in clause (ii) of the foregoing formula shall not exceed the Refinancing Cap for such Refinancing Convertible Notes, and in the event that the Top-Up Number is being calculated as a result of the issuance of New Shares upon the exercise of any Replacement Warrants, the maximum aggregate number of New Shares that may be included in clause (ii) above shall not exceed the Replacement Cap.

Article IV
ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS

4.1Acquisition for Investment

(i). Amazon acknowledges that the issuance of Warrant‑C and any Warrant Shares pursuant thereto has not been registered under the Securities Act or under any state securities laws and understands that the Company is relying on the statements contained herein to establish an exemption from such registration. Amazon (i) acknowledges that it is acquiring Warrant‑C and any Warrant Shares pursuant thereto under an exemption from registration under the Securities Act solely for investment with no present intention to distribute them to any person in violation of the Securities Act or any other applicable securities laws, (ii) agrees that it shall not (and shall not permit its Affiliates to) sell or otherwise dispose of Warrant C or any Warrant Shares pursuant thereto, except in compliance with the registration requirements or exemption provisions of the Securities Act and any

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applicable securities laws, (iii) acknowledges that it has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters and in investments of this type that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the Warrant Issuance and of making an informed investment decision, and has conducted a review of the business and affairs of the Company that it considers sufficient and reasonable for purposes of consummating the Warrant Issuance, (iv) acknowledges that it is able to bear the economic risk of the Warrant Issuance and is able to afford a complete loss of such investment and (v) acknowledges that it is an “accredited investor” (as that term is defined by Rule 501 under the Securities Act).

4.2Legend

. Amazon agrees that all certificates or other instruments representing Warrant-C and any Warrant Shares pursuant thereto shall bear a legend substantially to the following effect:

“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS INSTRUMENT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER SUCH ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT OR SUCH LAWS. THIS INSTRUMENT IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO AND SUBJECT TO THE RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF (1) AN INVESTMENT AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF March 27, 2019 (as THE SAME may later be amended, restated, modified or supplemented), BY AND BETWEEN THE ISSUER OF THESE SECURITIES AND AMAZON.COM, INC., A DELAWARE CORPORATION, A COPY OF WHICH IS ON FILE WITH THE ISSUER AND (2) AN AMENDED AND RESTATED STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF March 27, 2019 (as the same may be amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time), BY AND BETWEEN THE ISSUER OF THESE SECURITIES AND AMAZON.COM, INC. THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS INSTRUMENT MAY NOT BE SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH SAID AGREEMENTS. ANY SALE OR OTHER TRANSFER NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH SAID AGREEMENTS WILL BE VOID.”

In the event that any Warrant Shares become registered under the Securities Act or the Company is presented with an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory, in form and substance, to the Company that the Warrant Shares are eligible to be transferred without restriction in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act, the Company shall issue new certificates or other instruments representing such Warrant Shares which shall not contain such portion of the above legend that is no longer applicable; provided that the holder of such Warrant Shares surrenders to the Company the previously issued certificates or other instruments.

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4.3Anti-takeover Provisions and Rights Plan

. The Company shall not take any action that would cause this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents, or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, to be subject to any requirements imposed by any Anti-takeover Provision, or subject in any manner to any “poison pill” or similar shareholder rights plan or agreement, and shall take all necessary steps within its control to exempt (or ensure the continued exemption of) the Transaction Documents and such transactions from, or if necessary challenge the validity or applicability of, any applicable Anti-takeover Provisions, as now or hereafter in effect.

Article V
MISCELLANEOUS

5.1Termination of This Agreement; Other Triggers

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(a)This Agreement may be terminated at any time:

(i)with the prior written consent of each of Amazon and the Company; or

(ii)if the Initial Antitrust Clearance shall not have been obtained on or prior to the date that is six (6) months after the latest date of the Initial Antitrust Filings, by Amazon; provided that Amazon may not exercise the termination right pursuant to this Section 5.1(a)(ii) if a breach by Amazon of any obligation, representation or warranty under this Agreement has been the cause of, or resulted in, the failure of the Initial Antitrust Clearance to have been obtained on or prior to the date that is six (6) months after the latest date of the Initial Antitrust Filings.

(b)In the event of termination of this Agreement as provided in this Section 5.1, this Agreement (other than Section 1.3 (Interpretation), Section 3.1 (Efforts), Section 3.2 (Public Announcements), Section 3.3 (Expenses), Section 3.4 (Tax Treatment), Section 3.5 (Top-Up Adjustment), Section 4.1 (Acquisition for Investment) (to the extent any Warrants or Warrant Shares have been issued prior to termination) and Section 4.2 (Legend) (to the extent any Warrants or Warrant Shares have been issued prior to termination) and this Article V, each of which shall survive any termination of this Agreement, and other than the Confidentiality Agreement, which shall survive in accordance with the terms thereof) shall forthwith become void and there shall be no liability on the part of any party, except that nothing herein shall relieve any party from liability for any breach of this Agreement prior to such termination.

(c)Without affecting in any manner any prior exercise of Warrant-C, in the event of termination of this Agreement as provided in this Section 5.1, both (i) the unvested portion of Warrant-C and (ii) any vested portion of Warrant‑C that cannot be exercised as a result of the failure to obtain the Initial Antitrust Clearance shall be cancelled and terminated and shall forthwith become void and the Company shall have no subsequent obligation to issue, and the Warrantholder(s) (as defined in Warrant‑C) shall have no subsequent right to acquire, any Warrant Shares pursuant to such cancelled portion of Warrant‑C.  For the avoidance of doubt, Warrant‑C shall remain in full force and effect with respect to the vested portion thereof that is

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not cancelled and terminated as provided in clause (ii) of the preceding sentence, and nothing in this Section 5.1 shall affect the ability of the Amazon to exercise such vested portion of Warrant‑C following termination of this Agreement.

5.2Amendment

. No amendment of any provision of this Agreement shall be effective unless made in writing and signed by a duly authorized officer of each party.

5.3Waiver of Conditions

. The conditions to any party’s obligation to consummate any transaction contemplated herein are for the sole benefit of such party and may be waived by such party in whole or in part to the extent permitted by Applicable Law. No waiver shall be effective unless it is in writing signed by a duly authorized officer of the waiving party that makes express reference to the provision or provisions subject to such waiver.

5.4Counterparts and Facsimile

. This Agreement may be executed in any number of separate counterparts, each such counterpart being deemed to be an original instrument, and all such counterparts shall together constitute the same agreement. Executed signature pages to this Agreement may be delivered by facsimile or transmitted electronically by “pdf” file and such facsimiles or pdf files shall be deemed as sufficient as if actual signature pages had been delivered.

5.5Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL

. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware. In addition, each of the parties (a) submits to the personal jurisdiction of the Delaware Court of Chancery in and for New Castle County, or in the event (but only in the event) that such Delaware Court of Chancery does not have subject matter jurisdiction over such dispute, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, or in the event (but only in the event) that such United States District Court also does not have jurisdiction over such dispute, any Delaware State court sitting in New Castle County, in the event any dispute (whether in contract, tort or otherwise) arises out of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, (b) agrees that it shall not attempt to deny or defeat such personal jurisdiction by motion or other request for leave from any such court, and (c) agrees that it shall not bring any claim, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby in any court other than the Delaware Court of Chancery in and for New Castle County, or in the event (but only in the event) that such Delaware Court of Chancery does not have subject matter jurisdiction over such claim, action or proceeding, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, or in the event (but only in the event) that such United States District Court also does not have jurisdiction over such claim, action or proceeding, any Delaware State court sitting in New Castle County. Each party agrees that service of process upon such party in any such claim, action or proceeding shall be effective if notice is given in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. EACH PARTY HEREBY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY CLAIM, ACTION OR PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. EACH PARTY (i) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR

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ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (ii) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT, BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 5.5.

5.6Notices

. Any notice, request, instruction or other document to be given hereunder by any party to the other shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given (a) if sent by registered or certified mail in the United States return receipt requested, upon receipt, (b) if sent by nationally recognized overnight air courier, one Business Day after mailing, (c) if sent by email or facsimile transmission, with a copy mailed on the same day in the manner provided in clauses (a) or (b) of this Section 5.6 when transmitted and receipt is confirmed, or (d) if otherwise actually personally delivered, when delivered. All notices hereunder shall be delivered as set forth below, or pursuant to such other instructions as may be designated in writing by the party to receive such notice.

If to the Company, to:

Name:  Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc.
Address:  2000 Westchester Avenue
Purchase, NY 10577
Fax:  (914) 701-8333
Email:  Adam.Kokas@atlasair.com
Attn:  Adam R. Kokas, EVP, General Counsel & Secretary

with a copy to (which copy alone shall not constitute notice):

Name:  Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Address:  Worldwide Plaza
825 Eighth Avenue
New York, NY 10019
Fax:  (212) 474-3700
Email:  dzoubek@cravath.com

jhochenberg@cravath.com

Attn:  Damien R. Zoubek, Esq.
Jenny Hochenberg, Esq.

 

if to Amazon, to:

Name: Amazon.com, Inc.
Address: 410 Terry Avenue North
Seattle, WA 98109-5210
Fax: (206) 266-7010
Attn: General Counsel

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with a copy to (which copy alone shall not constitute notice):

Name: Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Address: 1888 Century Park East, Suite 2100
Los Angeles, CA, 90067
Fax:  (212) 558-3588
Email:  krautheimere@sullcrom.com
Attn: Eric M. Krautheimer

5.7Entire Agreement, Etc.

This Agreement (including the Annexes hereto), the other Transaction Documents, and the Confidentiality Agreement constitute the entire agreement, and supersede all other prior agreements, understandings, representations and warranties, both written and oral, between the parties, with respect to the subject matter hereof. No party shall take, or cause to be taken, including by entering into agreements or other arrangements with provisions or obligations that conflict, or purport to conflict, with the terms of the Transaction Documents or any of the transactions contemplated thereby, any action with either an intent or effect of impairing any such other person’s rights under any of the Transaction Documents. “Confidentiality Agreement” means that certain Mutual Nondisclosure Agreement, dated as of June 11, 2015, by and between Amazon and Atlas Air, Inc.

5.8Definitions of “subsidiary” and “Affiliate

.

(a)When a reference is made in this Agreement to a subsidiary of a person, the term “subsidiary” means, with respect to such person, any foreign or domestic entity, whether incorporated or unincorporated, of which (i) such person or any other subsidiary of such person is a general partner, (ii) at least a majority of the voting power to elect a majority of the directors or others performing similar functions with respect to such other entity is directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such person or by any one or more of such person’s subsidiaries, or (iii) at least fifty percent (50%) of the equity interests are directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such person or by any one or more of such person’s subsidiaries.

(b)The term “Affiliate” means, with respect to any person, any other person (for all purposes hereunder, including any entities or individuals) that directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such first person. It is expressly agreed that, for purposes of this definition, none of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is an Affiliate of Amazon or any of its subsidiaries (and vice versa). “Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a person, whether through the ownership of securities, by contract, management control, or otherwise. “Controlled” and “Controlling” shall be construed accordingly.

5.9Assignment

. Neither this Agreement nor any right, remedy, obligation nor liability arising hereunder or by reason hereof shall be assignable by any party without the prior written consent of the other party, and any attempt to assign any right, remedy, obligation or liability hereunder without such consent shall be void, except that Amazon may transfer or assign, in whole or from time to time in part, to one or more of its direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiaries, its rights and/or obligations under this Agreement, but any such transfer or

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assignment shall not relieve Amazon of its obligations hereunder. Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement shall be binding upon, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties and their respective successors and assigns.

5.10Severability

. If any provision of this Agreement or a Transaction Document, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remaining provisions hereof, or the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it has been held invalid or unenforceable, shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated thereby, so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party. Upon such determination, the parties shall negotiate in good faith in an effort to agree upon a suitable and equitable substitute provision to effect the original intent of the parties.

5.11No Third Party Beneficiaries

. Nothing contained in this Agreement, expressed or implied, is intended to confer upon any person other than the parties (and any wholly owned subsidiary of Amazon to which an assignment is made in accordance with this Agreement) any benefits, rights, or remedies.

5.12Specific Performance

. The parties agree that failure of any party to perform its agreements and covenants hereunder, including a party’s failure to take all actions as are necessary on such party’s part in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, will cause irreparable injury to the other party, for which monetary damages, even if available, will not be an adequate remedy. It is agreed that the parties shall be entitled to equitable relief including injunctive relief and specific performance of the terms hereof, without the requirement of posting a bond or other security, and each party hereby consents to the issuance of injunctive relief by any court of competent jurisdiction to compel performance of a party’s obligations and to the granting by any court of the remedy of specific performance of such party’s obligations hereunder, this being in addition to any other remedies to which the parties are entitled at law or equity.

5.13Certain Amendments

. The parties agree that, effective as of the Closing, (i) that certain Warrant to purchase 7,500,000 Shares of Common Stock of the Company, issued May 4, 2016 (“Warrant-A”) and (ii) that certain Warrant to purchase 3,750,000 Shares of Common Stock of the Company, issued May 4, 2016 (“Warrant-B”) are hereby amended as follows:

(a)The definition of “ATSA” in each of Warrant-A and Warrant-B is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows: “ATSA” means that certain Amended and Restated Air Transportation Services Agreement, dated as of March 27, 2019, by and between Atlas Air, Inc. and Amazon.com Services, Inc., as the same may be further amended, supplemented or modified by the parties in the future;  

(b)All references to Section 4.5 of the ATSA in each of Warrant-A and Warrant-B are hereby deleted;

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(c)The contact information for notices contained in Section 17 of each of Warrant-A and Warrant-B is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to be as set forth in Section 5.6 of this Agreement;

(d)(x) All references to “the initial 10 Boeing 767-300 aircraft (or such substitute aircraft as may be agreed by the parties) committed to be leased by Amazon as of the date hereof” in the definition of “Vesting Event” in Warrant-A are hereby changed to “the initial 10 Boeing 767-300 Existing Aircraft (or such substitute aircraft as may be agreed by the parties) committed to be leased by Amazon” and (y) the reference to “the 10 aircraft leased to Amazon as of the date hereof” in Annex A to Warrant-A is hereby changed to “the initial 10 Boeing 767-300 Existing Aircraft”;

(e)All references to “Committed Aircraft” in Warrant-B and Annex A thereto are hereby changed to “Existing Aircraft”; and

(f)Warrant-B is hereby amended such that clause (a) in the definition of “Vesting Event” therein is hereby amended and restated in full as follows:

“(a) during the term of the ATSA, with respect to increments of 37,500 Warrant Shares, each time Amazon and/or its Affiliates have paid $4,200,000 to the Corporation and/or its Affiliates in connection with any transaction (including payments from third parties to the Corporation and/or its Affiliates in respect of any Charters (as defined in the ATSA) pursuant to the ATSA and including a $310,296 payment to the Corporation and/or its Affiliates in respect of the Peak 2017 Charter Arrangements, all of which payments will be deemed to be payments by Amazon and/or Affiliates to the Corporation and/or its Affiliates for purposes of vesting hereunder subject to clause (ii) below), (i) other than (x) for the leasing and operation of the Existing Aircraft (as defined in the ATSA) leased by Amazon or one of its Affiliates and operated by the Corporation or a Corporation provider pursuant to the ATSA and (y) payments received as reimbursements of costs incurred by the Corporation and/or its Affiliates on behalf of Amazon and/or its Affiliates pursuant to Section 2.6 of the ATSA (exclusive of any markup above actual cost by the Corporation and/or its Affiliates) and (ii) in the case of Charters, net of any amounts related to fuel and any commissions or other remuneration paid by the Corporation and/or its Affiliates to Amazon and/or its Affiliates”

(g)Warrant-B is hereby amended such that all determinations as to whether Vesting Events have occurred (other than in connection with a Change of Control Transaction (as defined therein)) shall be made at the end of each calendar quarter or the date that is two Business Days (as defined in Warrant-B) prior to the Expiration Time of Warrant-B (and that notices of the occurrence of a Vesting Event shall be given on the Business Day immediately following the date of such determination).  

(h)The second paragraph of the legend set forth on the cover page of each of Warrant-A and Warrant-B is hereby amended in restated in full as follows:

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THIS INSTRUMENT IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO AND SUBJECT TO THE RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF (1) AN INVESTMENT AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF MAY 4, 2016 (as THE SAME may later be amended, restated, modified or supplemented), BY AND BETWEEN THE ISSUER OF THESE SECURITIES AND AMAZON.COM, INC., A DELAWARE CORPORATION, A COPY OF WHICH IS ON FILE WITH THE ISSUER AND (2) AN AMENDED AND RESTATED STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF March 27, 2019 (as THE SAME may later be amended, restated, modified or supplemented), BY AND BETWEEN THE ISSUER OF THESE SECURITIES AND AMAZON.COM, INC. THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS INSTRUMENT MAY NOT BE SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH SAID AGREEMENTS. ANY SALE OR OTHER TRANSFER NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH SAID AGREEMENTS WILL BE VOID.

(i)Each of Warrant-A and Warrant-B is hereby supplemented by adding the following as a new Section 14 and renumbering the succeeding sections accordingly:

14.Beneficial Ownership Limitation.

(a)Notwithstanding anything in this Warrant to the contrary, the Corporation shall not honor any exercise of this Warrant, and a Warrantholder shall not have the right to exercise any portion of this Warrant, to the extent that, after giving effect to an attempted exercise set forth on an applicable Notice of Exercise, such Warrantholder (together with such Warrantholder’s Affiliates, and any other Person whose beneficial ownership of Common Stock would be aggregated with the Warrantholder’s for purposes of Section 13(d) or Section 16 of the Exchange Act, and any other applicable regulations of the SEC, including any “group” of which the Warrantholder is a member (the foregoing, “Attribution Parties”)) would beneficially own a number of shares of Common Stock in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation.  Except as set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, for purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such Warrantholder and its Attribution Parties shall include the number of Warrant Shares issuable under the Notice of Exercise with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which are issuable upon (a) exercise of the remaining, unexercised portion of any Warrant beneficially owned by such Warrantholder or any of its Attribution Parties, and (b) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Corporation (including any warrants) beneficially owned by such Warrantholder or any of its Attribution Parties that are subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise similar to the limitation contained herein.  Except as set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 14, beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and any other applicable regulations of the SEC.  In addition, for purposes hereof, “group” has the meaning set forth in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the applicable regulations of the

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SEC.  For purposes of this Section 14, in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, a Warrantholder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as stated in the most recent of the following: (x) the Corporation’s most recent periodic or annual filing with the SEC, as the case may be, (y) a more recent public announcement by the Corporation that is filed with the SEC, or (z) a more recent notice by the Corporation or the Corporation’s transfer agent to the Warrantholder setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding.  Upon the written request of a Warrantholder (which may be by email), the Corporation shall, within three (3) trading days thereof, confirm in writing to such Warrantholder (which may be via email) the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding.  In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to any actual conversion or exercise of securities of the Corporation, including exercise of this Warrant, by such Warrantholder or its Attribution Parties since the date as of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was last publicly reported or confirmed to the Warrantholder.  The Corporation shall be entitled to rely on representations made to it by the Warrantholder in any Notice of Exercise regarding its Beneficial Ownership Limitation.  The Warrantholder acknowledges that the Warrantholder is solely responsible for any schedules or statements required to be filed by it in accordance with Section 13(d) or Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act.

(b)The “Beneficial Ownership Limitation” shall initially be 4.999% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock pursuant to such Notice of Exercise (to the extent permitted pursuant to this Section 14); provided, however, that by written notice to the Corporation, which will not be effective until the 61st day after such notice is given by the Warrantholder to the Corporation, the Warrantholder may waive or amend the provisions of this Section 14 to change the Beneficial Ownership Limitation to any other number, and the provisions of this Section 14 shall continue to apply.  Upon any such waiver or amendment to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation may not be further waived or amended by the Warrantholder without first providing the minimum written notice required by the immediately preceding sentence.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time following notice of a Change of Control Transaction under Section 12(v) with respect to a Change of Control Transaction that is pursuant to any tender offer or exchange offer (by the Corporation or another Person (other than the Warrantholder or any Affiliate of the Warrantholder)), the Warrantholder may waive or amend the Beneficial Ownership Limitation effective immediately upon written notice to the Corporation and may reinstitute a Beneficial Ownership Limitation at any time thereafter effective immediately upon written notice to the Corporation.

(c)None of the provisions of this Section 14 shall restrict in any way the number of shares of Common Stock which the Warrantholder may receive or beneficially own in order to determine the amount of securities or other consideration that the Warrantholder may receive in the event of a Change of Control Transaction as contemplated in Section 12(v) of this Warrant.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the duly authorized officers of the parties as of the date first herein above written.

ATLAS AIR WORLDWIDE HOLDINGS, INC.

By:/s/ Spencer Schwartz_______________
Name:Spencer Schwartz
Title:EVP, CFO

AMAZON.COM, INC.

By:/s/ Peter Krawiec__________________
Name:Peter Krawiec
Title:Vice President

[Signature Page to Investment Agreement]

Exhibit 10.2

AMENDED AND RESTATED STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT

Dated as of March 27, 2019

by and between

ATLAS AIR WORLDWIDE HOLDINGS, INC.  

and

AMAZON.COM, INC.

 

 

 


 

Article I
Governance

1.1Composition of the Board of Directors1

1.2Objection to Amazon Designee3

1.3No Adverse Action; Voting Agreement3

1.4Board Observer4

1.5Termination of Board Designation Rights5

1.6Information Rights5

1.7Tax Reporting Requirements9

1.8Acquisitions9

Article II
Transfers; Standstill Provisions

2.1Transfer Restrictions.10

2.2Standstill Provisions11

2.3Outside Activities15

Article III
Representations and Warranties

3.1Representations and Warranties of Amazon15

3.2Representations and Warranties of the Company16

Article IV
Registration

4.1Demand Registrations17

4.2Piggyback Registrations19

4.3Shelf Registration Statement21

4.4Withdrawal Rights24

4.5[Reserved]24

4.6Holdback Agreements24

4.7Registration Procedures25

4.8Registration Expenses31

4.9Miscellaneous32

4.10Registration Indemnification32

4.11Free Writing Prospectuses35

Article V
Definitions

5.1Defined Terms35

5.2Interpretation43

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Article VI
Miscellaneous

6.1Term44

6.2Notices44

6.3Amendment45

6.4Waivers46

6.5Assignment46

6.6Severability46

6.7Counterparts and Facsimile46

6.8Entire Agreement46

6.9Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL47

6.10Specific Performance47

6.11No Third Party Beneficiaries48

6.12Permitted Transferee Representative48

6.13Notification Obligations48

 

 

 

 

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This AMENDED AND RESTATED STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT, dated as of March 27, 2019 (this “Agreement”), is by and between Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Amazon.com, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Amazon”).  

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, on May 4, 2016, the Company and Amazon entered into an Investment Agreement (as it may be amended from time to time, the “2016 Investment Agreement”) pursuant to which, among other things, the Company issued on the date thereof Warrant-A and Warrant-B (each as defined in the 2016 Investment Agreement and together, the “2016 Warrants”) to Amazon, subject to the terms and conditions therein;

WHEREAS, the Company and Amazon have entered into an Investment Agreement, dated as of March 27, 2019 (the “2019 Investment Agreement” and together with the 2016 Investment Agreement, the “Investment Agreements”) pursuant to which, among other things, the Company issued on the date hereof Warrant-C (“Warrant-C”, and together with the 2016 Warrants, the “Warrants”) to Amazon, subject to the terms and conditions therein; and

WHEREAS, each of the parties wishes to set forth in this Agreement certain terms and conditions regarding, among other things, Amazon’s ownership of the Warrants and the Warrant Shares;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, and of the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth herein, and intending to be legally bound, the parties agree as follows:  

Article I
Governance

1.1Composition of the Board of Directors

.  

(a)Upon the occurrence of the Amazon Investor Rights Initiation Event, the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) shall promptly (and in any case within ten (10) Business Days) after receiving an Amazon Investor Rights Initiation Event Notice take all action necessary (including by amending the organizational documents of the Company, if necessary) to cause one (1) Amazon Designee to be appointed to the Board.  For the avoidance of doubt, the Amazon Investor Rights Initiation Event Notice shall be delivered in Amazon’s sole discretion, and nothing herein obligates Amazon to deliver such notice or to have any Amazon Designee appointed to the Board.  

(b)During the Amazon Investor Rights Period, provided that Amazon has delivered the Amazon Investor Rights Initiation Event Notice in accordance with Section 1.1(a) above, and subject to the other provisions of this Section 1.1, including Section 1.1(c), and Section 1.2, at each annual or special meeting of the stockholders of the Company at which directors are to be elected to the Board, the Company shall nominate and use its reasonable best efforts (which shall, subject to Applicable Law,


 

include including in any proxy statement used by the Company to solicit the vote of its stockholders in connection with any such meeting the recommendation of the Board that stockholders of the Company vote in favor of the slate of directors) to cause the election to the Board of a slate of directors that includes one (1) Amazon Designee.  

(c)Amazon shall notify the Company of the identity of any proposed Amazon Designee, in writing, at or before the time such information is reasonably requested by the Board or the Nominating and Governance Committee for inclusion in a proxy statement for a meeting of stockholders, and shall furnish all information about such proposed Amazon Designee as shall be reasonably requested by the Board or the Nominating and Governance Committee (including, at a minimum, any information regarding such proposed Amazon Designee to the extent required by applicable securities laws or for any other person nominated for election to the Board).  

(d)Subject to Section 1.1(c) and Section 1.2, so long as no Amazon Investor Rights Termination Event has occurred, in the event of (i) the death, disability, removal or resignation of an Amazon Director, the Board shall promptly appoint as a replacement Amazon Director the Amazon Designee designated by Amazon to fill the resulting vacancy, or (ii) the failure of an Amazon Designee to be elected to the Board at any annual or special meeting of the stockholders of the Company at which such Amazon Designee stood for election but was nevertheless not elected (such Amazon Designee, an “Amazon Specified Designee”), the Board shall promptly appoint another Amazon Designee designated by Amazon to serve in lieu of such Amazon Specified Designee as an Amazon Director during the term that such Amazon Specified Designee would have served had such Amazon Specified Designee been elected at such meeting of the stockholders of the Company, and, in each case of clause (i) and clause (ii), such individual shall then be deemed an Amazon Director for all purposes hereunder.  Neither the Company nor the Board shall remove any Amazon Director without the prior written consent of Amazon, unless (A) such Amazon Director is no longer eligible for designation as a member of the Board pursuant to Section 1.2, (B) to the extent necessary to remedy a breach of Section 1.5 or (C) as a result of the acceptance of such Amazon Director’s resignation tendered in accordance with the Company’s bylaws and corporate governance guidelines requiring the resignation of a director upon the failure to obtain the requisite majority vote for such director’s election to the Board pursuant to the Company’s bylaws.  

(e)The Company shall at all times provide each Amazon Director (in his or her capacity as a member of the Board) with the same rights to indemnification and exculpation that it provides to the other members of the Board.  The Company acknowledges and agrees that any such obligations to indemnify or advance expenses to each Amazon Director, in his or her capacity as such, for the matters covered by such obligations, shall be the primary source of indemnification and advancement of such Amazon Director in connection therewith, and any obligation on the part of any Amazon Indemnitor under any Amazon Indemnification Agreement to indemnify or advance expenses to such Amazon Director shall be secondary to the Company’s obligation.  If there are Unpaid Indemnitee Amounts with respect to such Amazon Director, and any Amazon Indemnitor makes any payment to such Amazon Director in respect of

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indemnification or advancement of expenses under any Amazon Indemnification Agreement on account of such Unpaid Indemnitee Amounts, such Amazon Indemnitor shall be subrogated to the rights of such Amazon Director under this Agreement in respect of such Unpaid Indemnitee Amounts.  

1.2Objection to Amazon Designee

.  Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article I, Amazon shall not be entitled to designate a particular Amazon Designee (or, for the avoidance of doubt, any particular Amazon Director) to the Board pursuant to this Article I in the event that the Board reasonably determines that (i) the appointment or election of such Amazon Designee to the Board would cause the Company to not be in compliance with Applicable Law; provided that, absent legally binding action by any Governmental Authority, such a determination will not be made solely because Amazon has designated or appointed an individual other than such Amazon Designee to be a director or board observer of a competitor of the Company, (ii) such Amazon Designee would be required to disclose any of the events enumerated in Item 2(d) or (e) of Schedule 13D under the Exchange Act or Item 401(f) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act or is subject to any order, decree or judgment of any Governmental Authority prohibiting service as a director of any public company, (iii) such Amazon Designee is a director, board observer, officer, employee, equityholder or other Affiliate of a competitor of the Company, or (iv) such Amazon Designee is not reasonably acceptable to the independent members of the Board.  Until the occurrence of the Amazon Investor Rights Termination Event, the Company shall deliver annually to Amazon a list of its competitors for purposes of clause (iii) of the preceding sentence which, in no event, shall include Amazon.  Amazon and the Company shall cooperate in good faith to agree upon an appropriate list of competitors in the event of any disagreement over such list.  In any such case described in clauses (i) through (iv) of the first sentence of this Section 1.2, Amazon shall withdraw the designation of such proposed Amazon Designee and, so long as no Amazon Investor Rights Termination Event has occurred, be permitted to designate a replacement therefor (which replacement Amazon Designee shall also be subject to the requirements of this Section 1.2).  

1.3No Adverse Action; Voting Agreement

.  

(a)From the date hereof until the occurrence of the Amazon Investor Rights Termination Event, without the prior consent of Amazon, except as required by Applicable Law, neither the Company nor the Board shall (i) increase the size of the Board such that the number of directors on the Board is greater than eleven (11) (the “Maximum Board Size”) or (ii) take any action to cause the amendment of its charter, bylaws or other organizational documents such that Amazon’s rights under this Article I would not be given effect.  

(b)Amazon shall be entitled to vote the shares of Company Common Stock owned by it or any of its Permitted Transferees or over which it or any of its Permitted Transferees has voting control, up to 14.9% of the Company’s outstanding shares of Company Common Stock (the “Voting Threshold”), in its sole and absolute discretion.  During any time in which the Standstill Period is in effect, Amazon shall cause the shares of Company Common Stock owned by it or any of its Permitted Transferees or over which it or any of its Permitted Transferees has voting control in excess of the Voting Threshold to be voted (including, if applicable, through the execution of one or more

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written consents if stockholders of the Company are requested to vote through the execution of an action by written consent in lieu of any such annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Company):  (x) in favor of all those persons nominated to serve as directors of the Company by the Board or its Nominating and Governance Committee and (y) with respect to any other action, proposal or other matter to be voted upon by the stockholders of the Company, in accordance with the recommendation of the Board.  

(c)For so long as it is subject to the voting requirements of Section 1.3(b), Amazon hereby appoints the Chairman of the Board and any designee thereof, and each of them individually, its proxy and attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to vote or act by written consent during the term of this Agreement with respect to shares of Company Common Stock in excess of the Voting Threshold that are owned by Amazon or any of its Permitted Transferees or over which Amazon or any of its Permitted Transferees has voting control to be voted in accordance with Section 1.3(b).  This proxy and power of attorney is given to secure the performance of the duties of Amazon under this Agreement.  Amazon shall take such further action or execute such other instruments as may be necessary to effectuate the intent of this proxy; this proxy and power of attorney granted by Amazon shall be irrevocable during the term of this Agreement (but subject to Section 1.3(b)), shall be deemed to be coupled with an interest sufficient under Applicable Law to support an irrevocable proxy and shall revoke any and all prior proxies granted by Amazon with respect to shares of Company Common Stock.  The power of attorney granted by Amazon herein is a durable power of attorney and shall survive the dissolution or bankruptcy of Amazon.  

1.4Board Observer

.  

(a)During the period from the date of this Agreement until the Amazon Investor Rights Initiation Event, Amazon shall have the right to designate one individual (the “Amazon Observer”) to attend all meetings of the Board in a non-voting, observer capacity.  The Amazon Observer shall be subject to the same criteria for acceptability as that of the Amazon Designee set forth in Section 1.2; provided, that the parties acknowledge and agree that any of the Persons set forth on Schedule 1.4 shall be deemed to have satisfied clauses (i) and (iv) of Section 1.2 so long as (x) such Person remains employed by Amazon or a Subsidiary of Amazon and (y) there has not been a material change in circumstances that affects, in the Company’s good faith determination, the suitability of such Person to serve as the Amazon Observer.  The Company shall provide to the Amazon Observer notice of such meetings and, subject to Section 1.6, a copy of all materials provided to the members of the Board in their capacity as such, and shall provide the Amazon Observer with the same rights to expense reimbursement that it provides to independent members of the Board.  During the Amazon Investor Rights Period, Amazon shall be entitled to designate an Amazon Observer to the Board in lieu of the Amazon Director.

(b)The Company shall at all times provide or otherwise make available to the Amazon Observer, if applicable (in his or her capacity as such), the same rights to indemnification and exculpation that it provides to members of the Board (including with respect to derivative claims).  The Company acknowledges and agrees that any such

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obligations to indemnify or advance expenses to such Amazon Observer in his or her capacity as such, for the matters covered by such indemnification obligations, shall be the primary source of indemnification and advancement of such Amazon Observer in connection therewith, and any obligation on the part of any Amazon Indemnitor under any Amazon Indemnification Agreement to indemnify or advance expenses to such Amazon Observer shall be secondary to the Company’s obligation.  In the event that there are Unpaid Indemnitee Amounts with respect to the Amazon Observer, and any Amazon Indemnitor makes any payment to such Amazon Observer in respect of indemnification or advancement of expenses under any Amazon Indemnification Agreement on account of such Unpaid Indemnitee Amounts, such Amazon Indemnitor shall be subrogated to the rights of such Amazon Observer under this Agreement in respect of such Unpaid Indemnitee Amounts.

1.5Termination of Board Designation Rights

.  Promptly upon the occurrence of the Amazon Investor Rights Termination Event, all obligations of the Company with respect to, and all rights of, Amazon and the Amazon Director, Amazon Designee or Amazon Observer pursuant to this Article I (other than rights to indemnification, advancement and reimbursement of expenses and subrogation) shall terminate and, unless otherwise consented to by a majority of the members of the Board (in each case, excluding the Amazon Director, if any), Amazon shall cause the Amazon Director to immediately resign from the Board and the Amazon Observer to cease attending meetings of the Board.  

1.6Information Rights

.  

(a)For the avoidance of doubt, subject to Applicable Law, prior to the Amazon Investor Rights Termination Event, the Company and its Subsidiaries shall prepare and provide, or cause to be prepared and provided, to the Amazon Director (in his or her capacity as such) or the Amazon Observer, if applicable, any materials or other information generally prepared for or given to other members of the Board (excluding any such materials or other information prepared for and given solely to the Chief Executive Officer or the Chairman and no other member of the Board), as and when prepared for or given to any such other members, or any other materials or other information relating to the management, operations and finances of the Company and its Subsidiaries as and when generally provided to directors of the Company or as and when reasonably requested by the Amazon Director (in his or her capacity as such) or the Amazon Observer (in his or her capacity as such), as applicable; provided, however, that the Amazon Director or the Amazon Observer shall not be entitled to attend and otherwise participate in, and shall, to the extent applicable, waive notice of and recuse themselves from, such meetings or portions thereof, and shall not be entitled to receive any information, in each case (i) to the extent relating to Amazon, this Agreement, any other Transaction Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, (ii) to the extent such information involves company pricing data or competitively sensitive information, in each case, about specific Company customers, (iii) if providing such information would violate Department of Defense regulations, (iv) if the Company believes that providing such information would violate Applicable Law (in which case the Company shall notify Amazon of such belief and the Company and Amazon shall consult and cooperate in good faith in determining whether the Company is legally

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prohibited from providing such information to the Amazon Director or the Amazon Observer, as applicable) or (v) with respect to information to be provided to the Amazon Observer, where the Company determines based upon advice from outside counsel that providing such information (A) would reasonably be expected to jeopardize an attorney-client privilege or cause a loss of attorney work product protection or (B) would violate a contractual confidentiality obligation to any third party (the information described in clauses (i) through (v), “Restricted Information”); provided, that, with respect to clauses (ii) through (v) and subject to Section 1.6(b), the Company uses reasonable best efforts and cooperates in good faith with the Amazon Director or Amazon Observer, if applicable, to develop and implement reasonable alternative arrangements to provide the Amazon Director or the Amazon Observer, if applicable, with the intended benefits of this Section 1.6.  The Amazon Director and the Amazon Observer, if applicable, shall be bound by and subject to the confidentiality obligations set forth in Section 1.6(e) as if they were Representatives of Amazon; provided, however, that the Amazon Director or the Amazon Observer may share such materials or other information with Amazon, subject to the provisions of Section 1.6(e).  During the term of this Agreement, the Company shall provide to Amazon within ten (10) Business Days after the end of each fiscal quarter a capitalization table of the Company setting forth the number of outstanding shares at the end of such fiscal quarter calculated on a fully diluted basis without regard to exercise or conversion prices of derivative securities.  If the Company is at any time not subject to Section 13(a) or 15(d) under the Exchange Act other than during the Amazon Investor Rights Period, it shall furnish Amazon with the information set forth on Schedule 1.6(a) hereto.

(b)If the Company has determined in good faith that any materials or other information generally prepared for or given to members of the Board in connection with any meetings of the Board involves the information described in clause (ii) of the definition of Restricted Information, the Company shall not provide the Amazon Director or the Amazon Observer such Restricted Information and shall notify the Amazon Director or the Amazon Observer before such Restricted Information is discussed at any meeting and shall excuse the Amazon Director or the Amazon Observer from the meeting for the duration of the discussion.  The Company shall notify the Amazon Director or the Amazon Observer when such Restricted Information is no longer being discussed so that the Amazon Director or the Amazon Observer may rejoin any such meeting.  

(c)During the Amazon Investor Rights Period:  

(i)The Company and its Subsidiaries shall prepare and provide, or cause to be prepared and provided, to Amazon:  

(A)within the time periods applicable to the Company under Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, all quarterly and annual financial statements required to be contained in a filing with the Commission on Forms 10-Q and 10-K; and

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(B)if the Company is at any time not subject to Section 13(a) or 15(d) under the Exchange Act, the information set forth on Schedule 1.6(c)(i)(B) hereto.  

(ii)The Company shall consider and respond in good faith to reasonable requests for information, to the extent already existing or that can be prepared without excessive cost or management time, regarding the Company and its Subsidiaries from Amazon (to the extent such requests are made in its capacity as a stockholder of the Company), it being understood that the Company shall have discretion as to (1) whether or not to provide, in whole or in part, any such requested information and (2) whether or not to impose restrictions on Amazon with respect to the types or categories of Representatives or other Persons to whom such information may be disclosed (including, for example, requiring that any such information be disclosed only to corporate staff of Amazon, and not to employees with operational responsibility), in each case in light of the nature of the request and the facts and circumstances at the time.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company and its Subsidiaries shall not be required to provide any such information if (i) the Company determines that such information is competitively sensitive, (ii) the Company determines in good faith that providing such information would adversely affect the Company (taking into account the nature of the request and the facts and circumstances at such time) or (iii) providing such information (A) would reasonably be expected to jeopardize an attorney-client privilege or cause a loss of attorney work product protection, (B) would violate a confidentiality obligation to any Person or (C) would violate any Applicable Law; provided, that, with respect to clauses (i)-(iii), the Company uses reasonable efforts, and cooperates in good faith with Amazon, to develop and implement reasonable alternative arrangements to provide Amazon (and its Representatives) with the intended benefits of this Section 1.6.  

(d)In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, during the Amazon Investor Rights Period, the Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, use reasonable best efforts to prepare and provide, or to cause to be prepared and provided, including, if requested and reasonably available, in electronic data format, to Amazon, or to assist Amazon with preparing (at the expense of Amazon), in a reasonably timely fashion upon reasonable prior request by Amazon, any (i) financial information (including those described in clauses (A)-(B) of Section 1.6(c)(i)) or other data relating to the Company and its Subsidiaries and (ii) any other relevant information or data, in each case to the extent necessary, as reasonably determined in good faith by Amazon for Amazon to (x) comply with GAAP or to comply with its reporting, filing, tax, accounting or other obligations under Applicable Law or (y) apply the equity method of accounting, in the event Amazon is required to account for its investment in the Company under the equity method of accounting under GAAP.  The Company shall use reasonable best efforts to cause its and its Subsidiaries’ representatives to cooperate in good faith with Amazon in connection with the foregoing; provided, however, that notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, in no event shall Amazon or its Affiliates disclose (including by reflecting such information on their financial statements) any financial information or other financial data provided to Amazon pursuant to this

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Section 1.6 prior to the Company’s first publicly disclosing such information in its ordinary course of business, other than pursuant to the terms of Section 1.6(e)(i) or Section 1.6(e)(iv) (solely to the extent required by subpoena, order or other compulsory legal process).  Amazon shall promptly, upon request by the Company, reimburse the Company for all reasonable out of pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with any actions taken by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to this Section 1.6(d).  

(e)In furtherance of and not in limitation of any other similar agreement Amazon or any of its Representatives may have with the Company or its Subsidiaries, Amazon hereby agrees that all Confidential Information with respect to the Company shall be kept confidential by it and shall not be disclosed (including by reflecting such information on its financial statements) by it in any manner whatsoever, except as permitted by this Section 1.6(e).  Any Confidential Information may be disclosed:  

(i)by Amazon (x) to any of its Subsidiaries or (y) to its or its Subsidiaries’ respective directors, managers, officers, employees and authorized representatives (including attorneys, accountants, consultants, bankers and financial advisors thereof) (each of the Persons described in clauses (x) and (y), collectively, for purposes of this Section 1.6 and the definition of Confidential Information, “Representatives” of Amazon), in each case, solely if and to the extent any such Person needs to be provided such Confidential Information to assist Amazon or its Subsidiaries in evaluating or reviewing its existing or prospective commercial arrangements and/or direct or indirect investment in the Company (including in connection with the disposition of any such investment).  Each Representative shall be deemed to be bound by the provisions of this Section 1.6(e) and Amazon shall be responsible for any breach of this Section 1.6(e) (or such other agreement or obligation, as applicable) by any of its Representatives;

(ii)by Amazon or any of its Representatives to the extent the Company consents in writing;

(iii)by Amazon or any of its Representatives to a potential Transferee (so long as such Transfer is permitted hereunder and such potential Transferee is not on the list of competitors of the Company described in Section 1.2); provided, that such Transferee agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Section 1.6(e) (or a confidentiality agreement having restrictions substantially similar to this Section 1.6(e)) and Amazon shall be responsible for any breach of this Section 1.6(e) (or such confidentiality agreement) by any such Transferee; or

(iv)by Amazon or any of its Representatives, after notice to the Company (to the extent practicable and permitted by Applicable Law), to the extent that Amazon or such Representative has been advised by its outside counsel that such disclosure is required to be made by it under Applicable Law or by a Governmental Authority; provided, that prior to making such disclosure, such Person uses reasonable best efforts to preserve the confidentiality of the

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Confidential Information to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, including, to the extent practicable and permitted by Applicable Law, consulting with the Company regarding such disclosure and, if reasonably requested by the Company, assisting the Company, at the Company’s expense, in seeking a protective order to prevent the requested disclosure; provided, further, that Amazon or such Representative, as the case may be, uses reasonable best efforts to disclose only that portion of the Confidential Information as is requested by the applicable Governmental Authority or as is, based on the advice of its outside counsel, legally required or compelled; and provided, further, that the parties hereto expressly agree that notwithstanding anything in the Confidentiality Agreement or any other confidentiality agreement between or among the Company, Amazon or its Subsidiaries or Representatives, to the contrary, any Confidential Information that is permitted to be disclosed or used in any manner pursuant to this Agreement can be so disclosed or used.

For the avoidance of doubt, nothing contained in this Section 1.6(e) (x) prevents Amazon or any of its Representatives from using, for any purpose, information retained in the memory of its or their personnel, as applicable, who have had access to Confidential Information or (y) obligates Amazon or any of its Representatives to restrict the scope of employment of its or their personnel, as applicable, who have had access to Confidential Information.  

1.7Tax Reporting Requirements

.  The Company shall comply with all reporting requirements under Sections 6038, 6038B, and 6046 of the U.S.  Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (or any successor thereto) in connection with and to the extent applicable to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.  To the extent that Amazon is subject to the same reporting requirements, the Company shall, insofar as permitted by Applicable Law, file on Amazon’s behalf.  The Company also shall provide Amazon with any filings related to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents under such sections for Amazon’s review two months prior to the due date for filing (including extensions).  To the extent that the Company does not have a filing requirement under such sections, the Company shall, upon a request from Amazon, provide such information to Amazon as may be necessary to fulfill Amazon’s obligations thereunder in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.  

1.8Acquisitions

.  The Company shall (i) as promptly as practicable after (x) it receives an Acquisition Proposal in writing or (y) the Board becomes aware of an oral Acquisition Proposal received by an executive officer of the Company (the event in clauses (x) or (y), a “Notification Trigger”) (and in any event within 72 hours of a Notification Trigger) give Amazon written notice of the receipt of such Acquisition Proposal, and (ii) provide Amazon with a reasonable opportunity to participate in any sell-side process in which the Company engages.  In the event that Amazon has made the commitment described in Section 2.2(c)(y), the Company shall provide Amazon with the identity of the Person making any such Acquisition Proposal, the details or terms of any such Acquisition Proposal and copies of any documents received in connection with such Acquisition Proposal.

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Article II
Transfers; Standstill Provisions

2.1Transfer Restrictions.  

(a)Other than solely in the case of a Permitted Transfer of the type described in Sections 2.1(b)(i), Section 2.1(b)(ii) or Section 2.1(b)(iii), Amazon shall not Transfer:  

(i)the Warrants at any time;

(ii)any Warrant Shares to any Person that, as of the time of entry into the agreement governing the Transfer is, to Amazon’s actual knowledge (with no obligation of inquiry, other than to review the Section 13(d) and Section 13(g) filings made with respect to the Company Common Stock), the Beneficial Owner of more than 5% of the Company Common Stock; provided that this Section 2.1(a)(ii) shall not apply to any open market sale of Company Common Stock through a brokerage transaction or any sale of Company Common Stock pursuant to a bona fide Underwritten Offering; provided, further, that the Company may instruct the underwriter(s) of any such Underwritten Offering to exclude any Person that has filed a Schedule 13D or Schedule 13G with respect to the Company Common Stock; or

(iii)Warrant Shares representing more than 10% of the outstanding Company Common Stock in any single transaction; provided that this Section 2.1(a)(iii) shall not apply to any open market sale of Company Common Stock through a brokerage transaction or any sale of Company Common Stock pursuant to a bona fide Underwritten Offering.  

(b)Permitted Transfers” means, in each case so long as such Transfer is in accordance with Applicable Law (including with respect to U.S. citizenship of air carriers) and the provisions of the Company’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws that are in effect as of the date hereof or are modified to comply with Applicable Law:  

(i)a Transfer of the Warrants or Warrant Shares to a wholly owned Subsidiary of Amazon, so long as such Transferee, to the extent it has not already done so, executes a customary joinder to this Agreement, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Company, in which such Transferee agrees to be subject to all covenants and agreements of Amazon under this Agreement and makes all the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.1(b) (although the representation and warranty in the first sentence thereof shall be made with respect to the applicable jurisdiction of incorporation and to the extent the concept is applicable in that jurisdiction) through (d) (a “Permitted Transferee”);

(ii)a Transfer of Warrant Shares in connection with an Acquisition Transaction approved by the Board (including if the Board (A) recommends that its stockholders tender in response to a tender or exchange offer that, if

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consummated, would constitute an Acquisition Transaction, or (B) does not recommend that its stockholders reject any such tender or exchange offer within the ten (10) Business Day period specified in Rule 14e-2(a) under the Exchange Act);

(iii)a Transfer of Warrant Shares that constitutes a tender into a tender or exchange offer commenced by the Company or any of its Affiliates;

(iv)a Transfer of Warrant Shares if required by, or reasonably necessary in order for, Amazon to obtain Governmental Approval for any acquisition of any entity or business (whether direct or indirect, including by way of merger, share exchange, share purchase, consolidation or any similar transaction); or

(v)a Transfer of Warrant Shares to the extent required under Applicable Law.  

(c)Any Transfer or attempted Transfer of the Warrants or shares of Company Common Stock in violation of this Section 2.1 shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be null and void ab initio, and the Company shall not, and shall instruct its transfer agent and other third parties not to, record or recognize any such purported transaction on the share register or other books and records of the Company.  

2.2Standstill Provisions

.  

(a)Amazon agrees that from the date of this Agreement until the later of (x) the expiration or termination of the A&R ATSA, and (y) an Amazon Investor Rights Termination Event (such period, the “Standstill Period”), without the prior written approval of the Board, Amazon shall not, directly or indirectly, and shall cause its Subsidiaries not to:  

(i)acquire, agree to acquire, propose or offer to acquire, by purchase or otherwise, Equity Securities or Derivative Instruments of the Company, other than:  

(A)Warrant Shares acquired by Amazon in accordance with the Investment Agreements;

(B)as a result of any stock split, stock dividend or distribution, other subdivision, reorganization, reclassification or similar capital transaction involving Equity Securities of the Company; or

(C)pursuant to and in accordance with Section 2.1(b)(i) and Section 2.1(b)(ii);

(ii)make, or in any way participate or engage in, any “solicitation” of “proxies” (as such terms are used in the proxy rules of the Commission) (whether or not relating to the election or removal of directors) to vote any Voting

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Securities, or disclose how Amazon intends to vote its Warrant Shares on any contested election of directors or any contested proposal relating to an Acquisition Proposal;

(iii)call, or seek to call, a meeting of the stockholders of the Company or initiate any stockholder proposal for action by stockholders of the Company;

(iv)nominate or seek to nominate, directly or indirectly, any person to the Board (except pursuant to Article I);

(v)deposit any Voting Securities in a voting trust or similar contract or agreement or subject any Voting Securities to any voting agreement, pooling arrangement or similar arrangement, or grant any proxy with respect to any Voting Securities (in each case, other than (A) pursuant to Section 1.3(b) and Section 1.3(c), or (B) otherwise to the Company or a Person specified by the Company in a proxy card (paper or electronic) provided to stockholders of the Company by or on behalf of the Company);

(vi)make any public announcement with respect to, enter, agree to enter, propose or offer to enter into any merger, business combination, recapitalization, restructuring, change in control transaction or other similar extraordinary transaction involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or purchase of a material portion of the assets, properties or Equity Securities of the Company, other than acquisitions of Equity Securities as follows:  

(A)Warrant Shares acquired by Amazon in accordance with the Investment Agreements;

(B)as a result of any stock split, stock dividend or distribution, other subdivision, reorganization, reclassification or similar capital transaction involving Equity Securities of the Company; or

(C)pursuant to and in accordance with Section 2.1(b)(i) and Section 2.1(b)(ii);

(vii)otherwise act, alone or in concert with others, to seek to control or influence the management or the policies of the Company (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding (A) any such act to the extent in its capacity as a commercial counterparty, customer, supplier, industry participant or the like and (B) any such act by the Amazon Director or the Amazon Observer, in their capacity as such, pursuant to the rights granted to such Person under Article I);

(viii)take any action that would reasonably be expected to require the Company to make a public announcement regarding any of the events described above;

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(ix)advise or knowingly assist, knowingly encourage or enter into any discussions, negotiations, agreements or arrangements with any other Persons in connection with the foregoing;

(x)form, join or in any way participate in a Group (other than with its Subsidiary that is bound by the restrictions of this Section 2.2(a) or a Group that consists solely of Amazon and/or any of its Affiliates), with respect to any Voting Securities or otherwise in connection with any of the foregoing; or

(xi)publicly disclose any intention, plan or proposal with respect to any of the foregoing.  

In addition, Amazon shall not, directly or indirectly, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries, directly or indirectly, to, contest the validity of this Section 2.2 or, subject to Section 2.2(b), seek a waiver, amendment or release of any provisions of this Section 2.2 (including this sentence) (whether by legal action or otherwise).  

(b)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any of the other Transaction Documents, including Section 2.2(a) hereof, Amazon shall not be prohibited or restricted from making and submitting:  

(i)to the Company and/or the Board, any Acquisition Proposal that is intended by Amazon to be made and submitted on a non-publicly disclosed or announced basis, or any confidential request for the Company and/or the Board to waive, amend or provide a release of any provision of this Section 2.2 (whether or not in connection with such Acquisition Proposal); and

(ii)to the Company, the Board, and/or the Company’s stockholders, following any Acquisition Proposal received (or entered into) by the Company, the Board or the Company’s stockholders by any Person or Group other than Amazon or any of its Subsidiaries that is, was or becomes, publicly disclosed or announced (including as a result of being approved by the Board or otherwise the subject of any agreement, contract or understanding with the Company) (the “Original Public Acquisition Proposal”), a Qualifying Public Acquisition Proposal (which such Qualifying Public Acquisition Proposal may, for the avoidance of doubt, include requests for the Company and/or the Board to waive, amend or provide a release of any provision of this Section 2.2), or from taking any other action, whether or not otherwise restricted by Section 2.2(a), in connection with evaluating, making, submitting, negotiating, effectuating or implementing any such Qualifying Public Acquisition Proposal (or any amendment, supplement or modification thereto) provided that, in the case of this sub-clause (ii), the right of Amazon to evaluate, make, submit, negotiate, effectuate or implement a Qualifying Public Acquisition Proposal on a publicly disclosed and announced basis shall terminate with respect to the Original Public Acquisition Proposal if such Original Public Acquisition Proposal is publicly withdrawn (or terminated) (for the avoidance of doubt, an amendment, supplement or modification to, or replacement Acquisition Proposal in respect of,

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such Original Public Acquisition Proposal, shall not be deemed to be a withdrawal (or termination)) before Amazon initially publicly discloses or announces such Qualifying Public Acquisition Proposal; provided, further, that the immediately preceding proviso shall not prohibit or restrict Amazon from continuing, amending, supplementing or modifying, publicly or otherwise, any such Qualifying Public Acquisition Proposal that was initially publicly disclosed or announced prior to the public withdrawal (or termination) of the Original Public Acquisition Proposal, or limit in any respect the rights of Amazon with respect to any subsequent Original Public Acquisition Proposal (whether or not made by the same Person or Group, and whether or not related in any manner to any previously withdrawn (or terminated) Original Public Acquisition Proposal).  

(c)Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this Section 2.2 shall not, and are not intended to, restrict the manner in which any Amazon Director may (i) vote on any matter submitted to the Board, (ii) participate in deliberations or discussions of the Board (including making suggestions or raising issues to the Board) in his or her capacity as a member of the Board, or (iii) take actions required by his or her exercise of legal duties and obligations as a member of the Board or refrain from taking any action prohibited by his or her legal duties and obligations as a member of the Board.  Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary and subject to Section 1.6, any Amazon Director may participate fully in, and any Amazon Observer may observe, discussions, deliberations, negotiations or determinations, or other actions or matters with respect to which any other members of the Board participate, regarding any Acquisition Proposal or any Acquisition Transaction only if (x) such Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Transaction is not made or submitted by Amazon and (y) Amazon has committed to the Company in writing not to make (directly or through its Subsidiaries) a Qualifying Public Acquisition Proposal or Qualifying Private Acquisition Proposal, as applicable, with respect to such Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Transaction.  

(d)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the provisions of this Section 2.2 shall become void and of no further force and effect upon the Company’s publicly announcing the commencement of a process, or its intention to commence a process, to evaluate strategic alternatives for the Company.  

(e)Notwithstanding the foregoing restrictions in this Section 2.2, in the event that (x) the Company provides Amazon with a notice pursuant to Section 1.8 in respect of any Acquisition Proposal that is not an Original Public Acquisition Proposal (an “Original Private Acquisition Proposal”, and such notice, the “Original Private Acquisition Proposal Notice”) and (y) Amazon has not made the commitment described in Section 2.2(c)(y) with respect to such Acquisition Proposal, then Amazon may, not earlier than seven (7) calendar days after receipt of the Original Private Acquisition Proposal Notice (the “Restricted Period”), submit on a non-public basis (subject only to clause (y) of the proviso to this sentence) an Acquisition Proposal to the Board (a “Qualifying Private Acquisition Proposal”); provided, however, that (x) Amazon’s right to make or submit a Qualifying Private Acquisition Proposal shall terminate upon receipt of notice from the Company that such Original Private Acquisition Proposal has been withdrawn or terminated, or has been rejected by the Company, it being understood that

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this clause (x) shall not limit in any respect the rights of Amazon under this Agreement with respect to any subsequent Original Private Acquisition Proposal (whether or not made by the same Person or Group, and whether or not related in any manner to any previously withdrawn, terminated or rejected Original Private Acquisition Proposal) and (y) Amazon may publicly disclose the making or submission of a Qualifying Private Acquisition Proposal under this Section 2.2(e) to the extent required by Applicable Law, including Item 4 of Schedule 13D under the Exchange Act.  The terms of this Section 2.2(e) shall not limit the rights of Amazon under Section 2.2(b)(ii) in respect of any Original Public Acquisition Proposal.  The Company shall not enter into a definitive agreement with respect to any Original Private Acquisition Proposal (other than a customary confidentiality agreement) prior to the third (3rd) Business Day following the end of the Restricted Period.  The Company may elect to reduce the Restricted Period at any time by written notice to Amazon.

2.3Outside Activities

.  

(a)Subject to the provisions of Section 1.6 of this Agreement, each of Amazon, any of its Affiliates, the Amazon Director and the Amazon Observer may engage in or possess any interest in other investments, business ventures or Persons of any nature or description, independently or with others, similar or dissimilar to, or that competes with, the investments or business of the Company, and may provide advice and other assistance to any such investment, business venture or Person.  The Company shall have no rights by virtue of this Agreement in and to such investments, business ventures or Persons or the income or profits derived therefrom.  

(b)The pursuit of any such investment or venture, including any investment or venture relating to any air freight, air charter or air transportation services, even if competitive with the business of the Company, shall not be deemed wrongful or improper and shall not constitute a conflict of interest or breach of fiduciary or other duty in respect of the Company, its Subsidiaries or Amazon.  None of Amazon, any of its Affiliates, the Amazon Director and the Amazon Observer shall be obligated to present any particular investment or business opportunity to the Company, including any opportunity relating to any air freight, air charter or air transportation services, even if such opportunity is of a character that, if presented to the Company, could be pursued by the Company, and each of Amazon, any of its Affiliates, the Amazon Director and the Amazon Observer shall have the right to pursue for its own account (individually or as a partner or a fiduciary) or to recommend to any other Person any such investment opportunity.  

Article III
Representations and Warranties

3.1Representations and Warranties of Amazon

.  Amazon hereby represents and warrants to the Company as follows as of the date hereof:  

(a)Amazon does not Beneficially Own any shares of Company Common Stock or any Derivative Instruments of the Company.  

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(b)Amazon has been duly incorporated, is validly existing and is in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.  Amazon has all requisite power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations under this Agreement.  

(c)The execution and delivery by Amazon of this Agreement and the performance by it of its obligations under this Agreement do not and will not conflict with or violate any provision of, or require the consent or approval of any Person (except for any such consents or approvals which have been obtained) under (x) Applicable Law or (y) the organizational documents of Amazon.  

(d)The execution and delivery by Amazon of this Agreement and the performance by it of its obligations under this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of it.  This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Amazon and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by the Company, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of Amazon, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general principles of equity.  

3.2Representations and Warranties of the Company

.  The Company hereby represents and warrants to Amazon as of the date hereof as follows:  

(a)The Company has been duly incorporated, is validly existing and is in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.  The Company has all requisite power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations under this Agreement.  

(b)The execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement and the performance of the obligations of the Company under this Agreement do not and will not conflict with or violate any provision of, or require the consent or approval of any Person (except for any such consents or approvals which have been obtained) under, (x) Applicable Law, (y) the organizational documents of the Company (following any actions taken pursuant to Section 1.1(a) or Section 1.1(b)) or (z) any contract or agreement to which the Company is a party.  

(c)The execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement and the performance of the obligations of the Company under this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company.  This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by Amazon, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general principles of equity.  

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Article IV
Registration

4.1Demand Registrations

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(a)Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, (x) solely during any period that the Company is then ineligible under Applicable Law to register Registrable Securities on Form S-3, or if the Company is so eligible but has failed to comply with its obligations under Section 4.3 or (y) following the expiration of the Company’s obligation to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective pursuant to Section 4.3(c), but only if there is no Shelf Registration Statement then in effect, any Demand Shareholders (“Requesting Shareholders”) shall be entitled to make an unlimited number of written requests of the Company (each, a “Demand”) for registration under the Securities Act of an amount of Registrable Securities then held by such Requesting Shareholders that equals or is greater than the Registrable Amount (a “Demand Registration” and such registration statement, a “Demand Registration Statement”).  Thereupon, the Company shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, use its reasonable best efforts to effect the registration as promptly as practicable (including reasonable best efforts to effect the registration no less than 30 days after receipt of the Demand) under the Securities Act of:  

(i)the Registrable Securities which the Company has been so requested to register by the Requesting Shareholders for disposition in accordance with the intended method of disposition stated in such Demand;

(ii)all other Registrable Securities which the Company has been requested to register pursuant to Section 4.1(b), but subject to Section 4.1(g); and

(iii)all shares of Company Common Stock which the Company may elect to register in connection with any offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 4.1, but subject to Section 4.1(g);

all to the extent necessary to permit the disposition (in accordance with the intended methods thereof) of the Registrable Securities and the additional shares of Company Common Stock, if any, to be so registered.  

(b)A Demand shall specify:  (i) the aggregate number of Registrable Securities requested to be registered in such Demand Registration, (ii) the intended method of disposition in connection with such Demand Registration, to the extent then known, and (iii) the identity of the Requesting Shareholder(s).  Within five (5) days after receipt of a Demand, the Company shall give written notice of such Demand to all other holders of Registrable Securities.  The Company shall include in the Demand Registration covered by such Demand all Registrable Securities with respect to which the Company has received a written request for inclusion therein within five (5) days after the Company’s notice required by this paragraph has been given, subject to

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Section 4.1(g).  Each such written request shall comply with the requirements of a Demand as set forth in this Section 4.1(b).  

(c)A Demand Registration shall not be deemed to have been effected (i) unless the Demand Registration Statement with respect thereto has become effective and has remained effective for a period of at least one hundred twenty (120) days or such shorter period in which all Registrable Securities included in such Demand Registration have actually been sold or otherwise disposed of thereunder (provided, that such period shall be extended for a period of time equal to the period the holders of Registrable Securities refrain from selling any securities included in such registration statement at the request of the Company or the lead managing underwriter(s) pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement) or (ii) if, after it has become effective, such Demand Registration becomes subject, prior to one hundred twenty (120) days after effectiveness, to any stop order, injunction or other order or requirement of the Commission or other Governmental Authority, other than by reason of any act or omission by the applicable Selling Shareholders.  

(d)Demand Registrations shall be on such appropriate registration form of the Commission as shall be selected by the Company and reasonably acceptable to the Requesting Shareholders.  

(e)The Company shall not be obligated to (i) subject to Section 4.1(c), maintain the effectiveness of a registration statement under the Securities Act filed pursuant to a Demand Registration for a period longer than one hundred eighty (180) days or (ii) effect any Demand Registration (A) within ninety (90) days of a “firm commitment” Underwritten Offering in which all Demand Shareholders were offered “piggyback” rights pursuant to Section 4.2 (subject to Section 4.2(b)) and at least fifty percent (50%) of the number of Registrable Securities requested by such Demand Shareholders to be included in such Demand Registration were included, (B) within ninety (90) days of the completion of any other Demand Registration (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Underwritten Offering pursuant to any Shelf Registration Statement) or (C) if, in the Company’s reasonable judgment, it is not feasible for the Company to proceed with the Demand Registration because of the unavailability of audited or other required financial statements of the Company or any other Person; provided, that the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain such financial statements as promptly as practicable.  

(f)The Company shall be entitled to (i) postpone (upon written notice to the Demand Shareholders) the filing or the effectiveness of a registration statement for any Demand Registration, (ii) cause any Demand Registration Statement to be withdrawn and its effectiveness terminated and (iii) suspend the use of the prospectus forming the part of any registration statement, in each case in the event of a Blackout Period until the expiration of the applicable Blackout Period.  In the event of a Blackout Period under clause (ii) of the definition thereof, the Company shall deliver to the Demand Shareholders requesting registration a certificate signed by either the chief executive officer or the chief financial officer of the Company certifying that, in the good faith judgment of the Company, the conditions described in clause (ii) of the definition of

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Blackout Period are met.  Such certificate shall contain an approximation of the anticipated delay.  Upon notice by the Company to the Demand Shareholders of any such determination, each Demand Shareholder covenants that, subject to Applicable Law, it shall keep the fact of any such notice strictly confidential, and, in the case of a Blackout Period pursuant to clause (ii)(y) of the definition of Blackout Period, promptly halt any offer, sale, trading or other Transfer by it or any of its Affiliates of any Registrable Securities for the duration of the Blackout Period set forth in such notice (or until such Blackout Period shall be earlier terminated in writing by the Company) and promptly halt any use, publication, dissemination or distribution of the Demand Registration Statement, each prospectus included therein, and any amendment or supplement thereto by it and any of its Affiliates for the duration of the Blackout Period set forth in such notice (or until such Blackout Period shall be earlier terminated in writing by the Company) and, if so directed in writing by the Company, will deliver to the Company any copies then in the Demand Shareholder’s possession of the prospectus covering such Registrable Securities that was in effect at the time of receipt of such notice.  

(g)If, in connection with a Demand Registration that involves an Underwritten Offering, the lead managing underwriter(s) advise(s) the Company that, in its (their) good faith opinion, the inclusion of all of the securities sought to be registered in connection with such Demand Registration would adversely affect the success thereof, then the Company shall include in such registration statement only such securities as the Company is advised by such lead managing underwriter(s) can be sold without such adverse effect as follows and in the following order of priority:  (i) first, up to the number of Registrable Securities requested to be included in such Demand Registration by the Demand Shareholders, which, in the good faith opinion of the lead managing underwriter(s), can be sold without adversely affecting the success thereof, pro rata among such Demand Shareholders on the basis of the number of such Registrable Securities requested to be included by such Demand Shareholders; (ii) second, securities the Company proposes to sell; and (iii) third, all other securities of the Company duly requested to be included in such registration statement, pro rata on the basis of the amount of such other securities requested to be included or such other allocation method determined by the Company.  

(h)Any time that a Demand Registration involves an Underwritten Offering, the Requesting Shareholder(s) shall select the investment banker(s) and manager(s) that will serve as managing underwriters (including which such managing underwriters will serve as lead or co-lead) and underwriters with respect to the offering of such Registrable Securities; provided, that such investment banker(s) and manager(s) shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company (such acceptance not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed).  

4.2Piggyback Registrations

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(a)Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, whenever the Company proposes to register any Company Common Stock (or any other securities that are of the same class or series as any Registrable Securities that are not shares of Company Common Stock) under the Securities Act (other than a registration by the Company (i) on

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Form S-4 or any successor form thereto, (ii) on Form S-8 or any successor form thereto, (iii) on a Shelf Registration Statement or (iv) pursuant to Section 4.1) (a “Piggyback Registration”), whether for its own account or for the account of others, the Company shall give all Demand Shareholders prompt written notice thereof (but not less than five (5) Business Days prior to the filing by the Company with the Commission of any registration statement with respect thereto).  Such notice (a “Piggyback Notice”) shall specify the number of shares of Company Common Stock (or other securities, as applicable) proposed to be registered, the proposed date of filing of such registration statement with the Commission, the proposed means of distribution and the proposed managing underwriter(s) (if any) and a good faith estimate by the Company of the proposed minimum offering price of such shares of Company Common Stock (or other securities, as applicable), in each case to the extent then known.  Subject to Section 4.2(b), the Company shall include in each such Piggyback Registration all Registrable Securities held by Demand Shareholders (a “Piggyback Seller”) with respect to which the Company has received written requests (which written requests shall specify the number of Registrable Securities requested to be disposed of by such Piggyback Seller) for inclusion therein within five (5) days after such Piggyback Notice is received by such Piggyback Seller.  

(b)If, in connection with a Piggyback Registration that involves an Underwritten Offering, the lead managing underwriter(s) advise(s) the Company that, in its opinion, the inclusion of all the securities sought to be included in such Piggyback Registration by (w) the Company, (x) other Persons who have sought to have shares of Company Common Stock registered in such Piggyback Registration pursuant to rights to demand (other than pursuant to so-called “piggyback” or other incidental or participation registration rights) such registration (such Persons being “Other Demanding Sellers”), (y) the Piggyback Sellers and (z) any other proposed sellers of shares of Company Common Stock (such Persons being “Other Proposed Sellers”), as the case may be, would adversely affect the success thereof, then the Company shall include in the registration statement applicable to such Piggyback Registration only such securities as the Company is so advised by such lead managing underwriter(s) can be sold without such an effect, as follows and in the following order of priority:  

(i)if the Piggyback Registration relates to an offering for the Company’s own account, then (A) first, such number of shares of Company Common Stock (or other securities, as applicable) to be sold by the Company as the Company, in its reasonable judgment, shall have determined, (B) second, Registrable Securities of Piggyback Sellers, pro rata on the basis of the number of Registrable Securities proposed to be sold by such Piggyback Sellers, (C) third, shares of Company Common Stock sought to be registered by Other Demanding Sellers, pro rata on the basis of the number of shares of Company Common Stock proposed to be sold by such Other Demanding Sellers and (D) fourth, other shares of Company Common Stock proposed to be sold by any Other Proposed Sellers; or

(ii)if the Piggyback Registration relates to an offering other than for the Company’s own account, then (A) first, such number of shares of Company

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Common Stock (or other securities, as applicable) sought to be registered by each Other Demanding Seller pro rata in proportion to the number of securities sought to be registered by all such Other Demanding Sellers, (B) second, Registrable Securities of Piggyback Sellers, pro rata on the basis of the number of Registrable Securities proposed to be sold by such Piggyback Sellers, (C) third, shares of Company Common Stock to be sold by the Company and (D) fourth, other shares of Company Common Stock proposed to be sold by any Other Proposed Sellers.  

(c)For clarity, in connection with any Underwritten Offering under this Section 4.2 for the Company’s account, the Company shall not be required to include the Registrable Securities of a Piggyback Seller in the Underwritten Offering unless such Piggyback Seller accepts the terms of the underwriting as agreed upon between the Company and the lead managing underwriter(s), which shall be selected by the Company.  

(d)If, at any time after giving written notice of its intention to register any shares of Company Common Stock (or other securities, as applicable) as set forth in this Section 4.2 and prior to the time the registration statement filed in connection with such Piggyback Registration is declared effective, the Company shall determine for any reason not to register such shares of Company Common Stock (or other securities, as applicable), the Company may, at its election, give written notice of such determination to the Piggyback Sellers within five (5) Business Days thereof and thereupon shall be relieved of its obligation to register any Registrable Securities in connection with such particular withdrawn or abandoned Piggyback Registration; provided, that, if permitted pursuant to Section 4.1, the Demand Shareholders may continue the registration as a Demand Registration pursuant to the terms of Section 4.1.  

4.3Shelf Registration Statement

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(a)Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, and further subject to the availability of a registration statement on Form S-3 or any successor form thereto (“Form S-3”) to the Company, any of the Demand Shareholders may by written notice delivered to the Company (the “Shelf Notice”) require the Company to file as soon as reasonably practicable, and to use reasonable best efforts to cause to be declared effective by the Commission as soon as reasonably practicable after such filing date, a Form S-3 providing for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act relating to the offer and sale, from time to time, of an amount of Registrable Securities then held by such Demand Shareholders that equals or is greater than the Registrable Amount (the “Shelf Registration Statement”).  To the extent the Company is a well-known seasoned issuer (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act), the Company shall file the Shelf Registration Statement in the form of an automatic shelf registration statement (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) or any successor form thereto.  If registering a number of Registrable Securities, the Company shall pay the registration fee for all Registrable Securities to be registered pursuant to an automatic shelf registration statement at the time of filing of the automatic shelf registration statement and shall not elect to pay any portion of the registration fee on a deferred basis.  

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(b)Within five (5) days after receipt of a Shelf Notice pursuant to Section 4.3(a), the Company will deliver written notice thereof to all other holders of Registrable Securities.  Each other holder of Registrable Securities may elect to participate with respect to its Registrable Securities in the Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the plan and method of distribution set forth, or to be set forth, in such Shelf Registration Statement by delivering to the Company a written request to so participate within five (5) days after the Shelf Notice is received by any such holder of Registrable Securities.  

(c)Subject to Section 4.3(d), the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective until the earlier of (i) three (3) years after the Shelf Registration Statement has been declared effective; and (ii) the date on which all Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement have been sold thereunder in accordance with the plan and method of distribution disclosed in the prospectus included in the Shelf Registration Statement, or otherwise cease to be Registrable Securities.  

(d)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Company shall be entitled, from time to time, by providing written notice to the holders of Registrable Securities who elected to participate in the Shelf Registration Statement, to require such holders of Registrable Securities to suspend the use of the prospectus for sales of Registrable Securities under the Shelf Registration Statement during any Blackout Period.  In the event of a Blackout Period under clause (ii) of the definition thereof, the Company shall deliver to the Demand Shareholders requesting registration a certificate signed by either the chief executive officer or the chief financial officer of the Company certifying that, in the good faith judgment of the Company, the conditions described in clause (ii) of the definition of Blackout Period are met.  Such certificate shall contain an approximation of the anticipated delay.  Upon notice by the Company to the Demand Shareholders of any such determination, each Demand Shareholder covenants that it shall, subject to Applicable Law, keep the fact of any such notice strictly confidential, and, in the case of a Blackout Period pursuant to clause (ii)(y) of the definition of Blackout Period, promptly halt any offer, sale, trading or other Transfer by it or any of its Affiliates of any Registrable Securities for the duration of the Blackout Period set forth in such notice (or until such Blackout Period shall be earlier terminated in writing by the Company) and promptly halt any use, publication, dissemination or distribution of the Shelf Registration Statement, each prospectus included therein, and any amendment or supplement thereto by it and any of its Affiliates for the duration of the Blackout Period set forth in such notice (or until such Blackout Period shall be earlier terminated in writing by the Company) and, if so directed in writing by the Company, will deliver to the Company any copies then in the Demand Shareholder’s possession of the prospectus covering such Registrable Securities that was in effect at the time of receipt of such notice.  

(e)After the expiration of any Blackout Period and without any further request from a holder of Registrable Securities, the Company, to the extent necessary, shall as promptly as reasonably practicable prepare a post-effective amendment or supplement to the Shelf Registration Statement or the prospectus, or any document

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incorporated therein by reference, or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to purchasers of the Registrable Securities included therein, the prospectus will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.  

(f)At any time that a Shelf Registration Statement is effective, if any Demand Shareholder delivers a notice to the Company (a “Take-Down Notice”) stating that it intends to sell all or part of its Registrable Securities included by it on the Shelf Registration Statement (a “Shelf Offering”), then the Company shall amend or supplement the Shelf Registration Statement as may be necessary in order to enable such Registrable Securities to be distributed pursuant to the Shelf Offering (taking into account, solely in connection with a Marketed Underwritten Shelf Offering, the inclusion of Registrable Securities by any other holders pursuant to this Section 4.3).  In connection with any Shelf Offering that is an Underwritten Offering and where the plan of distribution set forth in the applicable Take-Down Notice includes a customary “road show” (including an “electronic road show”) or other substantial marketing effort by the Company and the underwriters (a “Marketed Underwritten Shelf Offering”):  

(i)such proposing Demand Shareholder(s) shall also deliver the Take-Down Notice to all other Demand Shareholders included on the Shelf Registration Statement and permit each such holder to include its Registrable Securities included on the Shelf Registration Statement in the Marketed Underwritten Shelf Offering if such holder notifies the proposing Demand Shareholder(s) and the Company within two (2) days after delivery of the Take-Down Notice to such holder; and

(ii)if the lead managing underwriter(s) advise(s) the Company and the proposing Demand Shareholder(s) that, in its opinion, the inclusion of all of the securities sought to be sold in connection with such Marketed Underwritten Shelf Offering would adversely affect the success thereof, then there shall be included in such Marketed Underwritten Shelf Offering only such securities as the proposing Demand Shareholder(s) is advised by such lead managing underwriter(s) can be sold without such adverse effect, and such number of Registrable Securities shall be allocated in the same manner as described in Section 4.1(g).  Except as otherwise expressly specified in this Section 4.3, any Marketed Underwritten Shelf Offering shall be subject to the same requirements, limitations and other provisions of this Article IV as would be applicable to a Demand Registration (i.e., as if such Marketed Underwritten Shelf Offering were a Demand Registration), including Section 4.1(e)(ii) and Section 4.1(g).  

(g)Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if the requesting Demand Shareholder wishes to engage in a block sale (including a block sale off of a Shelf Registration Statement or an effective automatic shelf registration statement, or in connection with the registration of the Registrable Securities under an automatic shelf registration statement for purposes of effectuating a block sale), then notwithstanding the

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foregoing or any other provisions hereunder, no Demand Shareholder shall be entitled to receive any notice of or have its Registrable Securities included in such block sale.  

4.4Withdrawal Rights

.  Any holder of Registrable Securities having notified or directed the Company to include any or all of its Registrable Securities in a registration statement under the Securities Act shall have the right to withdraw any such notice or direction with respect to any or all of the Registrable Securities designated by it for registration by giving written notice to such effect to the Company prior to the effective date of such registration statement.  In the event of any such withdrawal, the Company shall not include such Registrable Securities in the applicable registration and such Registrable Securities shall continue to be Registrable Securities for all purposes of this Agreement (subject to the other terms and conditions of this Agreement).  No such withdrawal shall affect the obligations of the Company with respect to the Registrable Securities not so withdrawn; provided, however, that in the case of a Demand Registration, if such withdrawal shall reduce the number of Registrable Securities sought to be included in such registration below the Registrable Amount, then the Company shall as promptly as practicable give each Demand Shareholder seeking to register Registrable Securities notice to such effect and, within five (5) days following the mailing of such notice, such Demand Shareholder still seeking registration shall, by written notice to the Company, elect to register additional Registrable Securities to satisfy the Registrable Amount or elect that such registration statement not be filed or, if theretofore filed, be withdrawn.  During such five (5) day period, the Company shall not file such registration statement if not theretofore filed or, if such registration statement has been theretofore filed, the Company shall not seek, and shall use reasonable best efforts to prevent, the effectiveness thereof.  

4.5[Reserved]

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4.6Holdback Agreements

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(a)Amazon shall enter into customary agreements restricting the sale or distribution of Equity Securities of the Company (including sales pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act) to the extent required in writing by the lead managing underwriter(s) with respect to an applicable Underwritten Offering during the period commencing on the date of the request (which shall be no earlier than fourteen (14) days prior to the expected “pricing” of such Underwritten Offering) and continuing for not more than ninety (90) days after the date of the “final” prospectus (or “final” prospectus supplement if the Underwritten Offering is made pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement), pursuant to which such Underwritten Offering shall be made, plus an extension period, as may be proposed by the lead managing underwriter(s) to address FINRA regulations regarding the publishing of research, or such lesser period as is required by the lead managing underwriter(s).  The Company shall not include Registrable Securities of any other Demand Shareholder in such an Underwritten Offering unless such other Demand Shareholder enters into a customary agreement restricting the sale or distribution of Equity Securities of the Company (including sales pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act) if requested by the lead managing underwriter(s).  

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(b)If any Demand Registration or Shelf Offering involves an Underwritten Offering, the Company will not effect any sale or distribution of Company Common Stock (or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Company Common Stock) (other than a registration statement on Form S-4, Form S-8 or any successor forms thereto) for its own account, within sixty (60) days (plus an extension period as may be proposed by the lead managing underwriter(s) for such Underwritten Offering to address FINRA regulations regarding the publication of research, or such shorter periods as the lead managing underwriter(s) may agree with the Company), after the date of the “final” prospectus (or “final” prospectus supplement if the Underwritten Offering is made pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement), pursuant to which such Underwritten Offering shall be made, except as may otherwise be agreed between the Company and the lead managing underwriter(s) of such Underwritten Offering.  

4.7Registration Procedures

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(a)If and whenever the Company is required to use reasonable best efforts to effect the registration of any Registrable Securities under the Securities Act as provided in Section 4.1, Section 4.2 or Section 4.3, the Company shall as expeditiously as reasonably practicable:  

(i)prepare and file with the Commission a registration statement to effect such registration in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution of such securities and thereafter use reasonable best efforts to cause such registration statement to become and remain effective pursuant to the terms of this Article IV; provided, however, that the Company may discontinue any registration of its securities which are not Registrable Securities at any time prior to the effective date of the registration statement relating thereto; provided, further, that before filing such registration statement or any amendments thereto, the Company will furnish to the Demand Shareholders which are including Registrable Securities in such registration (“Selling Shareholders”), their counsel and the lead managing underwriter(s), if any, copies of all such documents proposed to be filed, which documents will be subject to the review and reasonable comment of such counsel, and other documents reasonably requested by such counsel, including any comment letter from the Commission, and, if requested by such counsel, provide such counsel reasonable opportunity to participate in the preparation of such registration statement and each prospectus included therein and such other opportunities to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of the Securities Act, including reasonable access to the Company’s books and records, officers, accountants and other advisors.  The Company shall not file any such registration statement or prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto with respect to a Demand Registration to which the holders of a majority of Registrable Securities held by the Requesting Shareholder(s), their counsel or the lead managing underwriter(s), if any, shall reasonably object, in writing, on a timely basis, unless, in the opinion of the Company, such filing is necessary to comply with Applicable Law;

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(ii)except in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, prepare and file with the Commission such amendments, including post-effective amendments, and supplements to such registration statement and the prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep such registration statement effective pursuant to the terms of this Article IV, and comply in all material respects with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such registration statement;

(iii)in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, prepare and file with the Commission such amendments, including post-effective amendments, and supplements to such Shelf Registration Statement and the prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep such Shelf Registration Statement effective and to comply in all material respects with the provision of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of the Registrable Securities subject thereto for a period ending on the earlier of (x) thirty-six (36) months after the initial effective date of such Shelf Registration Statement, (y) the date when all restrictive legends on the Registrable Securities have been removed or (z) the date on which all the Registrable Securities held by the Demand Shareholders cease to be Registrable Securities;

(iv)if requested by the lead managing underwriter(s), if any, or the holders of a majority of the then outstanding Registrable Securities being sold in connection with an Underwritten Offering, promptly include in a prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such information as the lead managing underwriter(s), if any, and such holders may reasonably request in order to permit the intended method of distribution of such securities and make all required filings of such prospectus supplement or such post-effective amendment as soon as reasonably practicable after the Company has received such request; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to take any actions under this Section 4.7(a)(iv) that are not, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, in compliance with Applicable Law;

(v)furnish to the Selling Shareholders and each underwriter, if any, of the securities being sold by such Selling Shareholders such number of conformed copies of such registration statement and of each amendment and supplement thereto, such number of copies of the prospectus contained in such registration statement (including each preliminary prospectus and any summary prospectus) and each free writing prospectus (as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act) (a “Free Writing Prospectus”) utilized in connection therewith and any other prospectus filed under Rule 424 under the Securities Act, in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act, and such other documents as such Selling Shareholders and underwriter, if any, may reasonably request in order to facilitate the public sale or other disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such Selling Shareholders;

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connection with the registration or qualification (or exemption from such registration or qualification) of such Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement under such other securities laws or “blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions as the Selling Shareholders and any underwriter of the securities being sold by such Selling Shareholders shall reasonably request, and to keep each such registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective during the period such registration statement is required to be kept effective and take any other action which may be necessary or reasonably advisable to enable such Selling Shareholders and underwriters to consummate the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities owned by such Selling Shareholders, except that the Company shall not for any such purpose be required to (A) qualify generally to do business as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction wherein it would not but for the requirements of this clause (vi) be obligated to be so qualified, (B) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction or (C) file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction;

(vii)use reasonable best efforts to cause such Registrable Securities (if such Registrable Securities are shares of Company Common Stock) to be listed on each securities exchange on which shares of Company Common Stock are then listed;

(viii)use reasonable best efforts to provide and cause to be maintained a transfer agent and registrar for all Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement from and after a date not later than the effective date of such registration statement;

(ix)enter into such agreements (including an underwriting agreement) in form, scope and substance as is customary in underwritten offerings of Company Common Stock by the Company and use its reasonable best efforts to take all such other actions reasonably requested by the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities being sold in connection therewith (including those reasonably requested by the lead managing underwriter(s), if any) to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities, and in such connection, whether or not an underwriting agreement is entered into and whether or not the registration is an Underwritten Offering (A) make such representations and warranties to the holders of such Registrable Securities and the underwriters, if any, with respect to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and the registration statement, prospectus and documents, if any, incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein, in each case, in form, substance and scope as are customarily made by issuers in underwritten offerings, and, if true, confirm the same if and when requested, (B) if any underwriting agreement has been entered into, the same shall contain customary indemnification provisions and procedures with respect to all parties to be indemnified pursuant to Section 4.10, except as otherwise agreed by the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities being sold and (C) deliver such documents and certificates as reasonably requested by the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities being sold, their counsel and the lead managing underwriter(s), if any, to evidence

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the continued validity of the representations and warranties made pursuant to sub-clause (A) above and to evidence compliance with any customary conditions contained in the underwriting agreement or other agreement entered into by the Company.  The above shall be done at each closing under such underwriting or similar agreement, or as and to the extent required thereunder;

(x)in connection with an Underwritten Offering, use reasonable best efforts to obtain for the underwriter(s) (A) opinions of counsel for the Company, covering the matters customarily covered in opinions requested in underwritten offerings and such other matters as may be reasonably requested by such underwriters and (B) “comfort” letters and updates thereof (or, in the case of any such Person which does not satisfy the conditions for receipt of a “comfort” letter specified in Statement on Auditing Standards No. 72, an “agreed upon procedures” letter) signed by the independent public accountants who have certified the Company’s financial statements included in such registration statement, covering the matters customarily covered in “comfort” letters in connection with underwritten offerings;

(xi)make available for inspection by the Selling Shareholders, any underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to any registration statement, and any attorney, accountant or other agent or representative retained in connection with such offering by such Selling Shareholders or underwriter (collectively, the “Inspectors”), financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company (collectively, the “Records”), as shall be reasonably necessary, or as shall otherwise be reasonably requested, to enable them to exercise their due diligence responsibility, and cause the officers, directors and employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries to supply all information in each case reasonably requested by any such representative, underwriter, attorney, agent or accountant in connection with such registration statement; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to provide any information under this Section 4.7(a)(xi) if (A) the Company believes, after consultation with counsel for the Company, that to do so would cause the Company to forfeit an attorney-client privilege that was applicable to such information or (B) either (1) the Company has requested and been granted from the Commission confidential treatment of such information contained in any filing with the Commission or documents provided supplementally or otherwise or (2) the Company reasonably determines in good faith that such Records are confidential and so notifies the Inspectors in writing; unless prior to furnishing any such information with respect to clause (1) or (2) such Selling Shareholder requesting such information enters into, and causes each of its Inspectors to enter into, a confidentiality agreement on terms and conditions reasonably acceptable to the Company; provided, further, that each Selling Shareholder agrees that it will, upon learning that disclosure of such Records is sought in a court of competent jurisdiction or by another Governmental Authority, give notice to the Company and allow the Company, at its expense, to undertake appropriate action seeking to prevent disclosure of the Records deemed confidential;

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(xii)as promptly as practicable, notify in writing the Selling Shareholders and the underwriters, if any, of the following events:  (A) the filing of the registration statement, any amendment thereto, the prospectus or any prospectus supplement related thereto or post-effective amendment to the registration statement or any Free Writing Prospectus utilized in connection therewith, and, with respect to the registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, when the same has become effective; (B) any request by the Commission or any other U.S.  or state governmental authority for amendments or supplements to the registration statement or the prospectus or for additional information; (C) the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the registration statement or the initiation of any proceedings by any Person for that purpose; (D) the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of any Registrable Securities for sale under the securities or “blue sky” laws of any jurisdiction or the initiation or threat of any proceeding for such purpose; (E) if at any time the representations and warranties of the Company contained in any mutual agreement (including any underwriting agreement) contemplated by Section 4.7(a)(ix) cease to be true and correct in any material respect; and (F) upon the happening of any event that makes any statement made in such registration statement or related prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material respect or that requires the making of any changes in such registration statement, prospectus or documents so that, in the case of the registration statement, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and that in the case of the prospectus, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and, at the request of any Selling Shareholder, promptly prepare and furnish to such Selling Shareholder a reasonable number of copies of a supplement to or an amendment of such registration statement or prospectus as may be necessary so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such Registrable Securities, such prospectus shall not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

(xiii)use reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of such registration statement, or the lifting of any suspension of the qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction at the earliest reasonable practicable date, except that, subject to the requirements of Section 4.7(a)(vi), the Company shall not for any such purpose be required to (A) qualify generally to do business as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction wherein it would not but for the requirements of this clause (xiii) be obligated to be so qualified, (B) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction or (C) file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction;

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(xiv)cooperate with the Selling Shareholders and the lead managing underwriter(s) to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates (which shall not bear any restrictive legends unless required under Applicable Law) representing securities sold under any registration statement, and enable such securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as the lead managing underwriter(s) or such Selling Shareholders may request and keep available and make available to the Company’s transfer agent prior to the effectiveness of such registration statement a supply of such certificates;

(xv)cooperate with each seller of Registrable Securities and each underwriter or agent participating in the disposition of such Registrable Securities and their respective counsel in connection with any filings required to be made with FINRA;

(xvi)have appropriate officers of the Company prepare and make presentations at a reasonable number of “road shows” and before analysts and rating agencies, as the case may be, and other information meetings reasonably organized by the underwriters, take other actions to obtain ratings for any Registrable Securities (if they are eligible to be rated) and otherwise use its reasonable best efforts to cooperate as reasonably requested by the Selling Shareholders and the underwriters in the offering, marketing or selling of the Registrable Securities; provided, however, that the scheduling of any such “road shows” and other meetings shall not unduly interfere with the normal operations of the business of the Company; and

(xvii)take all other customary actions reasonably requested by Amazon or the lead managing underwriter(s) pursuant to this Article IV to effect the intent of this Article IV.  

(b)The Company may require each Selling Shareholder and each underwriter, if any, to furnish the Company in writing such information regarding each Selling Shareholder or underwriter and the distribution of such Registrable Securities as the Company may from time to time reasonably request in writing to complete or amend the information required by such registration statement.  

(c)Each Selling Shareholder agrees that upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in clauses (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) of Section 4.7(a)(xii), such Selling Shareholder shall forthwith discontinue such Selling Shareholder’s disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the applicable registration statement and prospectus relating thereto until such Selling Shareholder’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by Section 4.7(a)(xii), or until it is advised in writing by the Company that the use of the applicable prospectus may be resumed, and has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such prospectus; provided, however, that the Company shall extend the time periods under Section 4.1(c) with respect to the length of time that the effectiveness of a

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registration statement must be maintained by the amount of time the holder is required to discontinue disposition of such securities.  

(d)With a view to making available to the holders of Registrable Securities the benefits of Rule 144 under the Securities Act and any other rule or regulation of the Commission that may at any time permit a holder to sell securities of the Company to the public without registration, the Company shall:  

(i)use reasonable best efforts to make and keep public information available, as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act;

(ii)use reasonable best efforts to file with the Commission in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the Exchange Act, at any time when the Company is subject to such reporting requirements; and

(iii)furnish to any holder of Registrable Securities, promptly upon request, a written statement by the Company as to its compliance with the reporting requirements of Rule 144 under the Securities Act and of the Exchange Act, a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company, and such other reports and documents so filed or furnished by the Company with the Commission as such holder may reasonably request in connection with the sale of Registrable Securities without registration (in each case to the extent not readily publicly available).  

4.8Registration Expenses

.  All fees and expenses incident to the Company’s performance of its obligations under this Article IV, including (a) all registration and filing fees, including all fees and expenses of compliance with securities and “blue sky” laws (including the reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of counsel for the underwriters in connection with “blue sky” qualifications of the Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 4.7(a)(vi)) and all fees and expenses associated with filings required to be made with FINRA (including, if applicable, the fees and expenses of any “qualified independent underwriter” as such term is defined in FINRA Rule 5121, except in the event that Requesting Shareholders select the underwriters), (b) all printing (including expenses of printing certificates for the Registrable Securities in a form eligible for deposit with the Depository Trust Company and of printing prospectuses if the printing of prospectuses is requested by Amazon) and copying expenses, (c) all messenger, telephone and delivery expenses, (d) all fees and expenses of the Company’s independent certified public accountants and counsel (including with respect to “comfort” letters and opinions), (e) expenses of the Company incurred in connection with any “road show”, other than any expense paid or payable by the underwriters and (f) reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of one counsel for all holders of Registrable Securities whose Registrable Securities are included in a registration statement, which counsel shall be selected by, in the case of a Demand Registration, the Requesting Shareholders, in the case of a Shelf Offering, the Demand Shareholder(s) requesting such offering, or in the case of any other registration, the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities being sold in connection therewith, shall be borne solely by the Company whether or not any registration statement is filed or becomes

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effective.  In connection with the Company’s performance of its obligations under this Article IV, the Company will pay its internal expenses (including all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties and the expense of any annual audit) and the expenses and fees for listing the securities to be registered on the primary securities exchange or over-the-counter market on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed or traded.  Each Selling Shareholder shall pay its portion of all underwriting discounts and commissions and transfer taxes, if any, relating to the sale of such Selling Shareholder’s Registrable Securities pursuant to any registration.  

4.9Miscellaneous

.  

(a)Not less than five (5) Business Days before the expected filing date of each registration statement pursuant to this Agreement, the Company shall notify each holder of Registrable Securities who has timely provided the requisite notice hereunder entitling such holder to register Registrable Securities in such registration statement of the information, documents and instruments from such holder that the Company or any underwriter reasonably requests in connection with such registration statement, including a questionnaire, custody agreement, power of attorney, lock-up letter and underwriting agreement (the “Requested Information”).  If the Company has not received, on or before the second Business Day before the expected filing date, the Requested Information from such holder, the Company may file the registration statement without including Registrable Securities of such holder.  The failure to so include in any registration statement the Registrable Securities of a holder of Registrable Securities (with regard to that registration statement) shall not result in any liability on the part of the Company to such holder.  

(b)The Company shall not grant any demand, piggyback or shelf registration rights the terms of which are senior to or conflict with the rights granted to Amazon hereunder to any Person without the prior written consent of Amazon.  

4.10Registration Indemnification

.  

(a)The Company agrees, without limitation as to time, to indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by law, each Selling Shareholder and its Affiliates and their respective officers, directors, members, stockholders, employees, managers and partners and each Person who controls (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act) such Selling Shareholder or such other indemnified Person and the officers, directors, members, stockholders, employees, managers and partners of each such controlling Person, each underwriter, if any, and each Person who controls (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act) such underwriter, from and against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs, expenses (including reasonable expenses of investigation and reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses), judgments, fines, penalties, charges and amounts paid in settlement (collectively, the “Losses”), as incurred, arising out of, caused by, resulting from or relating to any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained in any registration statement, prospectus or preliminary prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement

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thereto or any omission (or alleged omission) of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and (without limitation of the preceding portions of this Section 4.10(a)) will reimburse each such Selling Shareholder, each of its Affiliates, and each of their respective officers, directors, members, stockholders, employees, managers and partners and each such Person who controls each such Selling Shareholder and the officers, directors, members, stockholders, employees, managers, partners, accountants, attorneys and agents of each such controlling Person, each such underwriter and each such Person who controls any such underwriter, for any legal and any other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating and defending or settling any such claim, Loss, damage, liability or action, except insofar as the same are caused by any information furnished in writing to the Company by any Selling Shareholder or underwriter expressly for use therein.  

(b)In connection with any registration statement in which a Selling Shareholder is participating, without limitation as to time, each such Selling Shareholder shall, severally and not jointly, indemnify the Company, its directors, officers and employees, and each Person who controls (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act) the Company, from and against all Losses, as incurred, arising out of, caused by, resulting from or relating to any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of material fact contained in the registration statement, prospectus or preliminary prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto or any omission (or alleged omission) of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and (without limitation of the preceding portions of this Section 4.10(b)) will reimburse the Company, its directors, officers and employees and each Person who controls the Company (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act) for any legal and any other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating and defending or settling any such claim, Loss, damage, liability or action, in each case solely to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or omission is made in such registration statement, prospectus or preliminary prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Selling Shareholder for inclusion in such registration statement, prospectus or preliminary prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Selling Shareholder shall be liable under this Section 4.10(b) for amounts in excess of the net proceeds received by such holder in the offering giving rise to such liability.  

(c)Any Person entitled to indemnification hereunder shall give prompt written notice to the indemnifying party of any claim with respect to which it seeks indemnification; provided, however, the failure to give such notice shall not release the indemnifying party from its obligation, except to the extent that the indemnifying party has been actually and materially prejudiced by such failure to provide such notice on a timely basis.  

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(d)In any case in which any such action is brought against any indemnified party, and it notifies an indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein, and, to the extent that it may wish, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party, and after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof and acknowledging the obligations of the indemnifying party with respect to such proceeding, the indemnifying party will not (so long as it shall continue to have the right to defend, contest, litigate and settle the matter in question in accordance with this paragraph) be liable to such indemnified party hereunder for any legal or other expense subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation, supervision and monitoring (unless (i) such indemnified party reasonably objects to such assumption on the grounds that (A) there may be defenses available to it which are different from or in addition to the defenses available to such indemnifying party and, as a result, a conflict of interest exists or (B) such action involves, or is reasonably likely to have an effect beyond, the scope of matters that are subject to indemnification pursuant to this Section 4.10 or (ii) the indemnifying party shall have failed within a reasonable period of time to assume such defense and the indemnified party is or would reasonably be expected to be materially prejudiced by such delay, in either event the indemnified party shall be promptly reimbursed by the indemnifying party for the expenses incurred in connection with retaining one separate legal counsel (for the avoidance of doubt, for all indemnified parties in connection therewith)).  For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding any such assumption by an indemnifying party, the indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such matter and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party except as provided in the previous sentence.  An indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of an action or claim effected without its consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed).  No matter shall be settled by an indemnifying party without the consent of the indemnified party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), unless such settlement (x) includes as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such indemnified party of a release from all liability in respect to such claim or litigation, (y) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party and (z) is settled solely for cash for which the indemnified party would be entitled to indemnification hereunder.  

(e)The indemnification provided for under this Agreement shall survive the Transfer of the Registrable Securities and the termination of this Agreement.  

(f)If recovery is not available under the foregoing indemnification provisions for any reason or reasons other than as specified therein, any Person who would otherwise be entitled to indemnification by the terms thereof shall nevertheless be entitled to contribution with respect to any Losses with respect to which such Person would be entitled to such indemnification but for such reason or reasons, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party, on the one hand, and such indemnified party, on the other hand, in connection with the actions, statements or

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omissions that resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.  The relative fault of the indemnifying party and of the indemnified party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the indemnifying party or by the indemnified party, the Persons’ relative knowledge and access to information concerning the matter with respect to which the claim was asserted, the opportunity to correct and prevent any statement or omission, and other equitable considerations appropriate under the circumstances.  It is hereby agreed that it would not necessarily be equitable if the amount of such contribution were determined by pro rata or per capita allocation.  No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not found guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Selling Shareholder shall be required to make a contribution in excess of the amount received by such Selling Shareholder from its sale of Registrable Securities in connection with the offering that gave rise to the contribution obligation.  

4.11Free Writing Prospectuses

.  Amazon shall not use any “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) in connection with the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to this Article IV without the prior written consent of the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Amazon may use any free writing prospectus prepared and distributed by the Company.  

Article V
Definitions

5.1Defined Terms

.  Capitalized terms when used in this Agreement have the following meanings:  

2016 Investment Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

2016 Warrants” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

2019 Investment Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

A&R ATSA” has the meaning set forth in the 2019 Investment Agreement.

Acquisition Proposal” means any proposal, offer, inquiry, indication of interest or expression of intent (whether binding or non-binding, and whether communicated to the Company, the Board or publicly announced to the Company’s stockholders or otherwise) by any Person or Group relating to an Acquisition Transaction.  

Acquisition Transaction” means (a) any transaction or series of related transactions as a result of which any Person or group of Persons within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act (excluding Amazon or any of its Affiliates) becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of 30% or more of the outstanding Equity Securities (measured by

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either voting power or economic interests) of the Company, (b) any transaction or series of related transactions in which the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such transaction or series of related transactions (the “Pre-Transaction Stockholders”) cease to Beneficially Own, directly or indirectly, at least 70% of the outstanding Equity Securities (measured by either voting power or economic interests) of the Company or in the surviving or resulting entity of such transaction; provided that this clause (b) shall not apply if (i) such transaction or series of related transactions is an acquisition by the Company effected, in whole or in part, through the issuance of Equity Securities of the Company, (ii) such acquisition does not result in a Person or group of Persons within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act Beneficially Owning, directly or indirectly, a greater percentage of the outstanding Equity Securities (measured by either voting power or economic interests) of the Company than Amazon and its Affiliates, and (iii) the Pre-Transaction Stockholders continue to Beneficially Own, directly or indirectly, at least 60% of the outstanding Equity Securities (measured by voting power and economic interests) of the Company, (c) individuals who constitute the Continuing Directors, taken together, ceasing for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board or (d) any sale or lease or exchange, transfer, license or disposition of a business, deposits or assets that constitute 30% or more of the consolidated assets, revenues, net income or deposits of the Company in any transaction or series of related transactions (other than (i) sales or leases of aircraft in the ordinary course of business or (ii) with respect to Polar Air Cargo Worldwide, Inc.  or any of its subsidiaries or any of their assets or businesses).  

Affiliate” has the meaning set forth in the 2019 Investment Agreement.  

Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.  

Amazon” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.  

Amazon Designee” means an individual designated in writing by Amazon for nomination for election or for appointment to the Board.  

Amazon Director” means an Amazon Designee who has been elected or appointed to the Board.  

Amazon Indemnification Agreements” means each and every certificate, memorandum or articles of incorporation or association, bylaws, limited liability company operating agreement, limited partnership agreement and any other organizational document of, and each and every insurance policy maintained by Amazon or its Affiliates, as applicable, providing for, among other things, indemnification of and advancement of expenses for an Amazon Director or Amazon Observer for, among other things, the same matters that are subject to indemnification and advancement of expenses under this Agreement.  

Amazon Indemnitors” means Amazon or its Affiliates in their capacity as indemnitors of an Amazon Director or Amazon Observer under the applicable Amazon Indemnification Agreements.  

Amazon Investor Rights Initiation Event” shall be deemed to occur upon Amazon’s owning (directly or through any of its Permitted Transferees) at least ten percent (10%) of the shares of Company Common Stock then issued and outstanding, with the number of

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shares of Company Common Stock issued and outstanding being calculated on a fully diluted basis.  

Amazon Investor Rights Initiation Event Notice” means a notice in writing from Amazon to the Company certifying that an Amazon Investor Rights Initiation Event has occurred, together with reasonable evidence that an Amazon Investor Rights Initiation Event has occurred, including evidence of Amazon’s ownership of Company Common Stock.  

Amazon Investor Rights Period” means the period beginning upon the occurrence of the Amazon Investor Rights Initiation Event and ending upon the occurrence of the Amazon Investor Rights Termination Event.  

Amazon Investor Rights Termination Event” shall be deemed to occur if, as of the end of any Business Day following the occurrence of the Amazon Investor Rights Initiation Event, Amazon owns (directly or through any of its Permitted Transferees) shares of Company Common Stock collectively representing less than five percent (5%) of the then issued and outstanding Company Common Stock, with the number of shares of Company Common Stock issued and outstanding being calculated on a fully diluted basis.  

Amazon Observer” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.4.  

Amazon Specified Designee” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1(d).  

Applicable Law” means, with respect to any Person, any federal, national, state, local, municipal, international, multinational or SRO statute, law, ordinance, secondary and subordinate legislation, directives, rule (including rules of common law), regulation, ordinance, treaty, Order, permit, authorization or other requirement applicable to such Person, its assets, properties, operations or business, including the requirement that U.S. certificated air carriers be Citizens of the United States.  

Beneficial Owner”, “Beneficially Own” or “Beneficial Ownership” has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, and a Person’s beneficial ownership of securities shall be calculated in accordance with the provisions of such Rule (in each case, irrespective of whether or not such Rule is actually applicable in such circumstance); provided that, except as otherwise specified herein, such calculations shall be made inclusive of all Warrant Shares subject to issuance pursuant to the Warrants.  

Blackout Period” means (i) any regular quarterly period during which directors and executive officers of the Company are not permitted to trade under the insider trading policy of the Company then in effect and (ii) in the event that the Company determines in good faith that a registration of securities would (x) reasonably be expected to materially adversely affect or materially interfere with any bona fide material financing of the Company or any material transaction under consideration by the Company or (y) would require disclosure of information that has not been, and is not otherwise required to be, disclosed to the public, the premature disclosure of which would adversely affect the Company in any material respect, a period of the shorter of the ending of the condition creating a Blackout Period and up to seventy-five (75) days; provided, that a Blackout Period described in this clause (ii) may not occur more than twice in any period of eighteen (18) consecutive months.  

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Board” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1(a).  

Business Day” means a day on which banks are generally open for normal business in New York, New York, which day is not a Saturday or a Sunday.  

Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other federal agency administering the Securities Act.  

Company” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.  

Company Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company.

Confidential Information” means all information (irrespective of the form of communication, and irrespective of whether obtained prior to or after the date hereof) obtained by or on behalf of Amazon or its Representatives from the Company, its Affiliates or their respective representatives, through the Beneficial Ownership of Equity Securities or through the rights granted pursuant hereto, other than information which (i) was or becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of a breach of this Agreement by Amazon, its Affiliates or their respective Representatives, (ii) was or becomes available to Amazon, its Affiliates or their respective Representatives on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Company, its Affiliates or their respective representatives, provided, that the source thereof is not known by Amazon or such of its Affiliates or their respective Representatives to be bound by an obligation of confidentiality, or (iii) is independently developed by Amazon, its Affiliates or their respective Representatives without the use of any such information that would otherwise be Confidential Information hereunder.  Subject to clauses (i)-(iii) above, Confidential Information also includes (a) all non-public information previously provided by the Company, its Affiliates or their respective Representatives under the provisions of the Confidentiality Agreement, including all information, documents and reports referred to thereunder, (b) subject to any disclosures permitted by Section 3.2 of either of the Investment Agreements, all non-public understandings, agreements and other arrangements between and among the Company and Amazon, and (c) all other non-public information received from, or otherwise relating to, the Company or its Subsidiaries.  

Confidentiality Agreement” means the Mutual Nondisclosure Agreement, dated as of June 11, 2015, by and between Amazon and Atlas Air, Inc.  

Continuing Directors” means the directors of the Company on the date hereof and each other director if, in each case, (a) such other director’s appointment or nomination for election to the Board is recommended by more than 50% of the Continuing Directors or more than 50% of the members of the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board that are Continuing Directors or (b) Amazon and its subsidiaries shall have voted any shares of Company Common Stock in favor of the election of such other director to the Board.  

control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.  

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conversion” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Equity Securities.  

Convertible Note Warrants” has the meaning set forth in the 2019 Investment Agreement.

Convertible Notes” has the meaning set forth in the 2019 Investment Agreement.

convertible securities” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Equity Securities.  

Demand” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(a).  

Demand Registration” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(a).  

Demand Registration Statement” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(a).  

Demand Shareholder” means Amazon or any Permitted Transferee, in either case that holds Registrable Securities.  

Derivative Instruments” means any and all derivative securities (as defined under Rule 16a-1 under the Exchange Act) that increase in value as the value of any Equity Securities of the Company increases, including a long convertible security, a long call option and a short put option position, in each case, regardless of whether (x) such interest conveys any voting rights in such security, (y) such interest is required to be, or is capable of being, settled through delivery of such security or (z) other transactions hedge the economic effect of such interest.  

Equity Securities” means any and all (i) shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock or other voting securities of a corporation, any and all equivalent or analogous ownership (or profit) or voting interests in a Person (other than a corporation), (ii) securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock or voting securities of (or other ownership or profit or voting interests in) such Person, and (iii) any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase any of the foregoing, whether voting or nonvoting, and, in each case, whether or not such shares, interests, participations, equivalents, securities, warrants, options, rights or other interests are authorized or otherwise existing on any date of determination (clauses (ii) and (iii), collectively “convertible securities” and any conversion, exchange or exercise of any convertible securities, a “conversion”).  

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

Existing Warrants” has the meaning set forth in the 2019 Investment Agreement.  

FINRA” means the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.  

Form S-3” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(a).  

Free Writing Prospectus” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.7(a)(v).  

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fully diluted basis” means, on any date of determination, the aggregate number of shares of Company Common Stock issued and outstanding on such date, plus the aggregate number of shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon the exercise, conversion or vesting of all outstanding options, warrants and other rights to purchase or acquire shares of Company Common Stock on such date (including, for the avoidance of doubt, all Warrant Shares), other than upon conversion of the Convertible Notes or the exercise of the Convertible Note Warrants.  

GAAP” has the meaning set forth in the 2019 Investment Agreement.  

Governmental Approval” means any authorization, consent, approval, waiver, exception, variance, order, exemption, publication, filing, declaration, concession, grant, franchise, agreement, permission, permit or license of, from or with any Governmental Authority, the giving of notice to or registration with any Governmental Authority or any other action in respect of any Governmental Authority.  

Governmental Authority” means any federal, national, state, local, municipal, international or multinational government or political subdivision thereof, governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency, taxing or regulatory authority, instrumentality or judicial or administrative body, or arbitrator or SRO, having jurisdiction over the matter or matters in question.  

Group” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act.  

Inspectors” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.7(a)(xi).  

Investment Agreements” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.  

Losses” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.10(a).  

Marketed Underwritten Shelf Offering” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(f).

Notification Trigger” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.8.

Order” means any judgment, decision, decree, order, settlement, injunction, writ, stipulation, determination or award issued by any Governmental Authority.  

Original Private Acquisition Proposal” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(e).

Original Private Acquisition Proposal Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(e).

Original Public Acquisition Proposal” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(b)(ii).  

Other Demanding Sellers” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2(b).  

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Other Proposed Sellers” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2(b).  

Permitted Transferee” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b)(i).  

Permitted Transfers” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b).  

Person” means an individual, company, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, body corporate (wherever located) or other entity, organization or unincorporated association, including any Governmental Authority.  

Piggyback Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2(a).  

Piggyback Registration” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2(a).  

Piggyback Seller” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2(a).  

Qualifying Private Acquisition Proposal” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(e).

Qualifying Public Acquisition Proposal” means, as it relates to any Original Public Acquisition Proposal under Section 2.2(b), any proposal, offer, inquiry or indication of interest (whether binding or non-binding, and whether communicated to the Company, the Board or publicly announced to the Company’s stockholders or otherwise) by Amazon relating to an alternative Acquisition Proposal.  

Records” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.7(a)(xi).

Registrable Amount” means an amount of Registrable Securities having an aggregate value of at least $30 million (based on the anticipated offering price (as reasonably determined in good faith by the Company)), without regard to any underwriting discount or commission, or such lesser amount of Registrable Securities as would result in the disposition of all of the Registrable Securities Beneficially Owned by the applicable Requesting Shareholder(s); provided, that such lesser amount shall have an aggregate value of at least $5 million (based on the anticipated offering price (as reasonably determined in good faith by the Company)), without regard to any underwriting discount or commission.  

Registrable Securities” means any and all (i) Warrant Shares, (ii) other stock or securities that Amazon may be entitled to receive, or will have received, pursuant to its ownership of the Warrant Shares, in lieu of or in addition to shares of Company Common Stock, and (iii) Equity Securities issued or issuable or distributed or distributable by the Company or a successor thereto directly or indirectly with respect to the securities referred to in the foregoing clause or by way of conversion or exchange thereof or share dividend or share split or in connection with a combination of shares, recapitalization, reclassification, merger, amalgamation, arrangement, consolidation or other reorganization.  As to any particular securities constituting Registrable Securities, such securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities when they have been (x) effectively registered or qualified for sale by prospectus filed under the Securities Act and disposed of in accordance with the Registration Statement covering therein, or (y) sold to the public through a broker, dealer or market maker pursuant to Rule 144

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or other exemption from registration under the Securities Act.  For purposes of this Agreement, a Person shall be deemed to be a holder of Registrable Securities whenever such Person has the right to acquire directly or indirectly such Registrable Securities (upon conversion or exercise in connection with a transfer of securities or otherwise, but disregarding any restrictions or limitations upon the exercise of such right), whether or not such acquisition has actually been effected.  As to any particular Registrable Securities, once issued, such securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities if (A) a registration statement with respect to the sale of such securities has become effective under the Securities Act and such securities have been disposed of pursuant to such effective registration statement, (B) such securities have been distributed pursuant to Rule 144 (or any similar provision then in force) under the Securities Act, (C) such securities have been otherwise transferred to any Person other than Amazon or its Permitted Transferees, if new certificates or other evidences of ownership for them not bearing a legend restricting further transfer and not subject to any stop-transfer order or other restrictions on transfer have been delivered by the Company and subsequent disposition of such securities does not require registration or qualification of such securities under the Securities Act or any other securities laws then applicable or (D) such securities shall cease to be outstanding.  

Representatives” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.6(e)(i).  

Requested Information” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.9(a).  

Requesting Shareholders” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(a).  

Restricted Information” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.6(a).

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.  

Selling Shareholders” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.7(a)(i).

Shelf Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(a).  

Shelf Offering” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(f).  

Shelf Registration Statement” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(a).  

SRO” means any (i) “self-regulatory organization” as defined in Section 3(a)(26) of the Exchange Act, (ii) other United States or foreign securities exchange, futures exchange, commodities exchange or contract market or (iii) other securities exchange.  

Standstill Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a).  

Subsidiary” has the meaning set forth in the 2019 Investment Agreement.  

Take-Down Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(f).  

Transaction Documents” means, collectively (i) the 2019 Investment Agreement and each of the agreements referred to in the definition of “Transaction Documents” contained

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therein and (ii) the 2016 Investment Agreement and each of the agreements referred to in the definition of “Transaction Documents” contained therein.

Transfer” means (i) any direct or indirect offer, sale, lease, assignment, encumbrance, pledge, grant of a security interest, hypothecation, disposition or other transfer (by operation of law or otherwise), either voluntary or involuntary, or entry into any contract, option or other arrangement or understanding with respect to any offer, sale, lease, assignment, encumbrance, pledge, hypothecation, disposition or other transfer (by operation of law or otherwise), of any capital stock or interest in any capital stock or (ii) in respect of any capital stock or interest in any capital stock, the entry into any swap or any other agreement, transaction or series of transactions that hedges or transfers, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, the economic consequence of ownership of such capital stock or interest in capital stock, whether any such swap, agreement, transaction or series of transactions is to be settled by delivery of securities, in cash or otherwise.  “Transferor” means a Person that Transfers or proposes to Transfer; and “Transferee” means a Person to whom a Transfer is made or is proposed to be made.  

Underwritten Offering” means a sale of securities of the Company to an underwriter or underwriters for reoffering to the public.  

Unpaid Indemnitee Amounts” means any amounts that the Company is required to pay to any Amazon Director or Amazon Observer under Sections 1.1(e) and 1.4(b), as applicable, and the Company has failed to pay to such Amazon Director or Amazon Observer in respect of any matters that are subject to indemnification or the advancement of expenses under such sections of this Agreement.  

Voting Securities” means shares of Company Common Stock and any other securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the Company.  

Voting Threshold” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.3(b).

Warrant-A” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Warrant-B” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Warrant-C” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Warrant Shares” means the shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants.

Warrants” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.  

5.2Interpretation

.  When a reference is made in this Agreement to “Recitals,” “Articles,” “Sections,” “Annexes,” “Schedules” or “Exhibits” such reference shall be to a Recital, Article or Section of, or Annex, Schedule or Exhibit to, this Agreement unless otherwise indicated.  The terms defined in the singular have a comparable meaning when used in the plural, and vice versa.  References to “herein,” “hereof,” “hereunder” and the like refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular section or provision, unless the context requires

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otherwise.  References to “parties” refer to the parties to this Agreement.  The table of contents and headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and are not part of this Agreement.  Whenever the words “include,” “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed followed by the words “without limitation.” No rule of construction against the draftsperson shall be applied in connection with the interpretation or enforcement of this Agreement, as this Agreement is the product of negotiation between sophisticated parties advised by counsel.  Any reference to a “wholly owned subsidiary” of a Person shall mean such subsidiary is directly or indirectly wholly owned by such Person.  All references to “$” or “dollars” mean the lawful currency of the United States of America.  Except as expressly stated in this Agreement, all references to any statute, rule or regulation are to the statute, rule or regulation as amended, modified, supplemented or replaced from time to time (and, in the case of statutes, include any rules and regulations promulgated under the statute) and to any section of any statute, rule or regulation include any successor to the section.  With respect to the Warrant Shares, such term shall include any shares of Company Common Stock or other securities of the Company received by Amazon as a result of any stock split, stock dividend or distribution, other subdivision, reorganization, reclassification or similar capital transaction.  

Article VI
Miscellaneous

6.1Term

.  This Agreement shall be effective as of the date hereof and shall automatically terminate upon the date that the Beneficial Ownership of Amazon (directly or through any of its Permitted Transferees), in the aggregate, of the Company Common Stock is less than two percent (2%) of the issued and outstanding shares of Company Common Stock, with the number of shares of Company Common Stock issued and outstanding being calculated on a fully diluted basis, so long as, as of such date, all of the then-remaining Registrable Securities Beneficially Owned by Amazon may be sold in a single transaction without limitation under Rule 144 under the Securities Act; provided, however, that, unless otherwise agreed to by the parties, this Agreement shall in no event terminate prior to the occurrence of an Amazon Investor Rights Termination Event.  If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this Section 6.1, this Agreement shall become void and of no further force and effect, except for the provisions set forth in Section 1.1(e) (Composition of Board of Directors), Section 1.6(e) (Information Rights) (which shall survive termination of this Agreement for a period of two (2) years), Section 4.9 (Miscellaneous), Section 5.2 (Interpretation) and this Article VI (Miscellaneous), and except that no termination hereof shall have the effect of shortening the Standstill Period to the extent that the Standstill Period would continue in effect in the absence of such termination.  

6.2Notices

.  Any notice, request, instruction or other document to be given hereunder by any party to the other shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given (a) if sent by registered or certified mail in the United States, return receipt requested, upon receipt, (b) if sent by nationally recognized overnight air courier, one Business Day after mailing, (c) if sent by email or facsimile transmission, with a copy mailed on the same day in the manner provided in clauses (a) or (b) of this Section 6.2 when transmitted and receipt is confirmed, or (d) if otherwise actually personally delivered, when delivered.  All notices

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hereunder shall be delivered as set forth below, or pursuant to such other instructions as may be designated in writing by the party to receive such notice.  

(i)if to the Company, to:

 

Name:  

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc.  
Address:   2000 Westchester Avenue
Purchase, NY 10577
Fax:   (914) 701-8333
Email:   Adam.Kokas@atlasair.com
Attn:   Adam R.  Kokas
EVP, General Counsel & Secretary

with a copy to (which shall not be considered notice):  

 

Name:  

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Address:   Worldwide Plaza
825 Eighth Avenue
New York, NY 10019
Fax:  (212) 474-3700
Email: dzoubek@cravath.com

            jhochenberg@cravath.com
Attn:    Damien R.  Zoubek, Esq.
Jenny Hochenberg, Esq.

(ii)if to Amazon, to:

 

Name:

Amazon.com, Inc.
Address:410 Terry Avenue North
Seattle, WA 98109-5210
Fax:(206) 266-7010
Attn:General Counsel

with a copy to (which copy alone shall not constitute notice):

 

Name:

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Address:1888 Century Park East, Suite 2100
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Fax:(212) 558-3588
Email:krautheimere@sullcrom.com
Attn:Eric M. Krautheimer

6.3Amendment

.  Subject to Section 6.12, no amendment of any provision of this Agreement shall be effective unless made in writing and signed by a duly authorized officer of each party.  

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6.4Waivers

.  Subject to Section 6.12, no waiver shall be effective unless it is in writing signed by a duly authorized officer of the waiving party that makes express reference to the provision or provisions subject to such waiver.  

6.5Assignment

.  Neither this Agreement nor any right, remedy, obligation nor liability arising hereunder or by reason hereof shall be assignable by any party without the prior written consent of the other party, and any attempt to assign any right, remedy, obligation or liability hereunder without such consent shall be void, except that Amazon may transfer or assign, in whole or from time to time in part, to one or more Permitted Transferees (so long as they duly execute a customary joinder to this Agreement, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Company, in which such Permitted Transferee agrees to be subject to all covenants and agreements of Amazon under this Agreement and makes all the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.1(b) (second sentence only) through (d)), its rights and/or obligations under this Agreement, but any such transfer or assignment shall not relieve Amazon of its obligations hereunder.  Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement shall be binding upon, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties and their respective successors and assigns.  In the event that Amazon creates a holding company, Amazon shall cause such holding company to agree to the restrictions set forth in Section 2.2.  In the event that the Company creates a holding company in a transaction not involving a third party, references in this Agreement to Common Stock shall be deemed references to the capital stock of such holding company that are issued in exchange for shares of Company Common Stock in the transaction creating such holding company.  

6.6Severability

.  If any provision of this Agreement or a Transaction Document, or the application thereof to any Person or circumstance, is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remaining provisions hereof, or the application of such provision to Persons or circumstances other than those as to which it has been held invalid or unenforceable, shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated thereby, so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party.  Upon such determination, the parties shall negotiate in good faith in an effort to agree upon a suitable and equitable substitute provision to effect the original intent of the parties.  

6.7Counterparts and Facsimile

.  This Agreement may be executed in any number of separate counterparts, each such counterpart being deemed to be an original instrument, and all such counterparts shall together constitute the same agreement.  Executed signature pages to this Agreement may be delivered by facsimile or transmitted electronically by “pdf” file and such facsimiles or pdf files shall be deemed as sufficient as if actual signature pages had been delivered.  

6.8Entire Agreement

.  This Agreement, the other Transaction Documents, and the Confidentiality Agreement constitute the entire agreement, and supersede all other prior agreements, understandings, representations and warranties, both written and oral, between the parties, with respect to the subject matter hereof.  No party shall take, or cause to be taken, including by entering into agreements or other arrangements with provisions or obligations that conflict, or purport to conflict, with the terms of the Transaction Documents or any of the

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transactions contemplated thereby, any action with either an intent or effect of impairing any such other Person’s rights under any of the Transaction Documents.  

6.9Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL

.  This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware.  In addition, each of the parties (a) submits to the personal jurisdiction of the Delaware Court of Chancery in and for New Castle County, or in the event (but only in the event) that such Delaware Court of Chancery does not have subject matter jurisdiction over such dispute, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, or in the event (but only in the event) that such United States District Court also does not have jurisdiction over such dispute, any Delaware State court sitting in New Castle County, in the event any dispute (whether in contract, tort or otherwise) arises out of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, (b) agrees that it shall not attempt to deny or defeat such personal jurisdiction by motion or other request for leave from any such court, and (c) agrees that it shall not bring any claim, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby in any court other than the Delaware Court of Chancery in and for New Castle County, or in the event (but only in the event) that such Delaware Court of Chancery does not have subject matter jurisdiction over such claim, action or proceeding, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, or in the event (but only in the event) that such United States District Court also does not have jurisdiction over such claim, action or proceeding, any Delaware State court sitting in New Castle County.  Each party agrees that service of process upon such party in any such claim, action or proceeding shall be effective if notice is given in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.  EACH PARTY HEREBY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY CLAIM, ACTION OR PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.  EACH PARTY (i) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (ii) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT, BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 6.9.  

6.10Specific Performance

.  The parties agree that failure of any party to perform its agreements and covenants hereunder, including a party’s failure to take all actions as are necessary on such party’s part in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, will cause irreparable injury to the other party, for which monetary damages, even if available, will not be an adequate remedy.  It is agreed that the parties shall be entitled to equitable relief including injunctive relief and specific performance of the terms hereof, without the requirement of posting a bond or other security, and each party hereby consents to the issuance of injunctive relief by any court of competent jurisdiction to compel performance of a party’s obligations and to the granting by any court of

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the remedy of specific performance of such party’s obligations hereunder, this being in addition to any other remedies to which the parties are entitled at law or equity.  

6.11No Third Party Beneficiaries

.  Nothing contained in this Agreement, expressed or implied, is intended to confer upon any Person other than the parties hereto (and any wholly owned subsidiary of Amazon to which an assignment is made in accordance with this Agreement) any benefits, rights, or remedies; provided, that the Persons indemnified under Section 1.1(e), Section 1.4(b) and Section 4.10 are intended third party beneficiaries of Section 1.1(e), Section 1.4(b) and Section 4.10, respectively.  

6.12Permitted Transferee Representative

.  The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that Amazon shall be the designated representative of any and all Permitted Transferees with full authority to make all representations and warranties and agree to all covenants on behalf of and in the name of the Permitted Transferees, and to make all decisions and determinations, and to take all actions (including giving consents and waivers or agreeing to any amendments to this Agreement or to the termination hereof) required or permitted hereunder on behalf of the Permitted Transferees, and any such action, decision or determination so made or taken shall be deemed the action, decision or determination of the Permitted Transferee, and any notice, document, certificate or information required to be given, whether in writing or otherwise, to any Permitted Transferee shall be deemed so given if given to Amazon and the Company shall be fully protected against liability in relying on the actions of Amazon as being authorized by the Permitted Transferees.  Amazon shall ensure the due, prompt and faithful performance and discharge by, and compliance with, all of the obligations, covenants, terms, conditions and undertakings of all Permitted Transferees under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof.  

6.13Notification Obligations

.  Amazon hereby agrees that in connection with any acquisitions or Transfers of Equity Securities of the Company in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents, upon the reasonable request of the Company, Amazon shall, as promptly as reasonably practicable, deliver to the Company a current, correct and complete list showing the number of Warrants and Warrant Shares Beneficially Owned by Amazon and each of its subsidiaries at such time and/or owned of record by Amazon or any of its subsidiaries at such time.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the duly authorized officers of the parties as of the date first herein above written.

ATLAS AIR WORLDWIDE HOLDINGS, INC.

 

 

 

By:/s/ Spencer Schwartz

Name: Spencer Schwartz

Title:   EVP, CFO

 

 

AMAZON.COM, INC.

 

 

 

By:/s/ Peter Krawiec

Name: Peter Krawiec

Title:   Vice President

 

Exhibit 10.3

WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS INSTRUMENT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER SUCH ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT OR SUCH LAWS.

THIS INSTRUMENT IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO AND SUBJECT TO THE RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF (1) AN INVESTMENT AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF March 27, 2019 (as the same may be amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time), BY AND BETWEEN THE ISSUER OF THESE SECURITIES AND AMAZON.COM, INC., A DELAWARE CORPORATION, A COPY OF WHICH IS ON FILE WITH THE ISSUER AND (2) AN AMENDED AND RESTATED STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF March 27, 2019 (as the same may be amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time), BY AND BETWEEN THE ISSUER OF THESE SECURITIES AND AMAZON.COM, INC.  THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS INSTRUMENT MAY NOT BE SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH SAID AGREEMENTS.  ANY SALE OR OTHER TRANSFER NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH SAID AGREEMENTS WILL BE VOID.

WARRANT
to purchase
6,632,576
Shares of Common Stock of
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc.
a Delaware Corporation

Issue Date: March 27, 2019

1.Definitions

.  Unless the context otherwise requires, when used herein the following terms shall have the meanings indicated.

A&R ATSA” means that certain Amended and Restated Air Transportation Services Agreement, by and between Atlas Air, Inc. and Amazon.com Services, Inc., dated as of March 27, 2019, as the same may be amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time.

Affiliate” has the meaning ascribed to it in the Investment Agreement.

Aggregate Consideration” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 12(ii).

Amazon” means Amazon.com, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

Antitrust Clearance”, as of any time with respect to any number of Warrant Shares, means (a) prior to such time, the expiration or termination of the waiting period under the HSR Act and

 


 

the receipt of all exemptions, authorizations, consents or approvals, the making of all filings and the giving of all notices, and the expiration of all waiting periods, pursuant to any other Antitrust Laws, in each case to the extent required with respect to the exercise of this Warrant with respect to such number of Warrant Shares at such time, and (b) the absence at such time of any applicable law or temporary restraining order, preliminary or permanent injunction or other judgment, order, writ, injunction, legally binding agreement with a Governmental Entity, stipulation, decision or decree issued by any court of competent jurisdiction or other legal restraint or prohibition under any Antitrust Law, in each case that has the effect of preventing the exercise of this Warrant with respect to such number of Warrant Shares at such time.

Antitrust Law” has the meaning ascribed to it in the Investment Agreement.

Appraisal Procedure” means a procedure whereby two independent, nationally recognized appraisers, one chosen by the Corporation and one by the Warrantholder, shall mutually agree upon the determinations then the subject of appraisal.  Each party shall deliver a notice to the other appointing its appraiser within 15 days after the Appraisal Procedure is invoked.  If within 30 days after appointment of the two appraisers they are unable to agree upon the amount in question, a third independent, nationally recognized appraiser shall be chosen within 10 days thereafter by the mutual consent of such first two appraisers or, if such two first appraisers fail to agree upon the appointment of a third appraiser, such appointment shall be made by the American Arbitration Association, or any organization successor thereto, from a panel of arbitrators having experience in appraisal of the subject matter to be appraised.  In such event, the decision of the third appraiser so appointed and chosen shall be given within 30 days after the selection of such third appraiser.  If three appraisers shall be appointed and the determination of one appraiser is disparate from the middle determination by more than twice the amount by which the other determination is disparate from the middle determination, then the determination of such appraiser shall be excluded, the remaining two determinations shall be averaged and such average shall be binding and conclusive upon the Corporation and the Warrantholder; otherwise, the average of all three determinations shall be binding upon the Corporation and the Warrantholder.  The costs of conducting any Appraisal Procedure shall be borne 50% by the Corporation and 50% by the Warrantholder.

Assumed Payment Amount” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 12(iv).

Attribution Parties” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 14(a).

Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Corporation.

Business Combination” means a merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange, reorganization, recapitalization or similar extraordinary transaction (which may include a reclassification) involving the Corporation, in which the Common Stock is converted into, exchanged for or purchased for a different number, type or amount of shares of stock or other securities or property (including cash).

Business Day” has the meaning ascribed to it in the Investment Agreement.

Call Options” has the meaning ascribed to “Existing Call Options” in the Investment Agreement.

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Cash Exercise” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(ii).

Cashless Exercise” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(ii).

Cashless Exercise Ratio” with respect to any exercise of this Warrant means a fraction (i) the numerator of which is the excess of (x) the VWAP for the Common Stock for the 30 Trading Days immediately preceding such exercise date over (y) the Exercise Price, and (ii) the denominator of which is the VWAP for the Common Stock for the 30 Trading Days immediately preceding such exercise date.

Change of Control Transaction” means (a) any transaction or series of related transactions as a result of which any Person or group of Persons within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act (excluding the Warrantholder or any of its Affiliates) becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of 30% or more of the outstanding Equity Interests (measured by either voting power or economic interests) of the Corporation, (b) any transaction or series of related transactions in which the stockholders of the Corporation immediately prior to such transaction or series of related transactions (the “Pre-Transaction Stockholders”) cease to beneficially own, directly or indirectly, at least 70% of the outstanding Equity Interests (measured by either voting power or economic interests) of the Corporation or in the surviving or resulting entity of such transaction; provided that this clause (b) shall not apply if (i) such transaction or series of related transactions is an acquisition by the Corporation effected, in whole or in part, through the issuance of Equity Interests of the Corporation, (ii) such acquisition does not result in a Person or group of Persons within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act beneficially owning, directly or indirectly, a greater percentage of the outstanding Equity Interests (measured by either voting power or economic interests) of the Corporation than the Warrantholder and its Affiliates, and (iii) the Pre-Transaction Stockholders continue to beneficially own, directly or indirectly, at least 60% of the outstanding Equity Interests (measured by voting power and economic interests) of the Corporation, (c) individuals who constitute the Continuing Directors, taken together, ceasing for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board of Directors or (d) any sale or lease or exchange, transfer, license or disposition of a business, deposits or assets that constitute 30% or more of the consolidated assets, revenues, net income or deposits of the Corporation in any transaction or series of related transactions (other than (i) sales or leases of aircraft in the ordinary course of business or (ii) with respect to Polar Air Cargo Worldwide, Inc. or any of its subsidiaries or any of their assets or businesses).

Common Stock” means the Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share, of the Corporation.

Company Stockholder” has the meaning ascribed to it in the Investment Agreement.

Continuing Directors” means the directors of the Corporation on the date hereof and each other director, if, in each case, (a) such other director’s appointment or nomination for election to the Board of Directors is recommended by more than 50% of the Continuing Directors or more than 50% of the members of the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board of Directors that are Continuing Directors or (b) Amazon and its subsidiaries shall have voted any shares of Common Stock in favor of the election of such other director to the Board of Directors.

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conversion” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 12(ii).

Convertible Note Warrants” has the meaning ascribed to “Existing Convertible Note Warrants” in the Investment Agreement.

Convertible Notes” has the meaning ascribed to it in the Investment Agreement.

convertible securities” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 12(ii).

Corporation” means Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

DOT” has the meaning ascribed to it in the Investment Agreement.

Equity Interests” means any and all (a) shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock or other voting securities of a corporation, any and all equivalent or analogous ownership (or profit) or voting interests in a Person (other than a corporation), (b) securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock or voting securities of (or other ownership or profit or voting interests in) such Person, and (c) any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase any of the foregoing, whether voting or nonvoting, and, in each case, whether or not such shares, interests, participations, equivalents, securities, warrants, options, rights or other interests are authorized or otherwise existing on any date of determination.

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor statute, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Exercise Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(ii).

Exercise Price” means $52.90.

Expiration Time” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(ii).

Fair Market Value” means, with respect to any security or other property, the fair market value of such security or other property as determined by the Board of Directors, acting in good faith and evidenced by a written notice delivered promptly to the Warrantholder (which written notice shall include certified resolutions of the Board of Directors in respect thereof).  If the Warrantholder objects in writing to the Board of Director’s calculation of fair market value within ten (10) Business Days of receipt of written notice thereof and the Warrantholder and the Corporation are unable to agree on fair market value during the 10-day period following the delivery of the Warrantholder objection, the Appraisal Procedure may be invoked by either the Corporation or the Warrantholder to determine Fair Market Value by delivering written notification thereof not later than the 30th day after delivery of the Warrantholder objection.  For the avoidance of doubt, the Fair Market Value of cash shall be the amount of such cash.

Governmental Entity” has the meaning ascribed to it in the Investment Agreement.

HSR Act” has the meaning ascribed to it in the Investment Agreement.

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Initial Number” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 12(ii).

Investment Agreement” means the Investment Agreement, dated as of March 27, 2019, as it may be amended from time to time, by and between the Corporation and Amazon, including all annexes, schedules and exhibits thereto.

Issued Amazon Warrants” has the meaning ascribed to it in the Investment Agreement.

Market Price” means, with respect to the Common Stock or any other security, on any given day, the last sale price, regular way, or, in case no such sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices, regular way, of the Common Stock or of such security, as applicable, on The NASDAQ Global Select Market on such day.  If the Common Stock or such security, as applicable, is not listed on The NASDAQ Global Select Market as of any date of determination, the Market Price of the Common Stock or such security, as applicable, on such date of determination means the closing sale price on such date as reported in the composite transactions for the principal U.S.  national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock or such security, as applicable, is so listed or quoted, or, if no closing sale price is reported, the last reported sale price on such date on the principal U.S.  national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock or such security, as applicable, is so listed or quoted, or if the Common Stock or such security, as applicable, is not so listed or quoted on a U.S.  national or regional securities exchange, the last quoted bid price on such date for the Common Stock or such security, as applicable, in the over-the-counter market as reported by OTC Markets Group Inc. or similar organization, or, if that bid price is not available, the Market Price of the Common Stock or such security, as applicable, on that date shall mean the Fair Market Value per share as of such date of the Common Stock or such security.  For the purposes of determining the Market Price of the Common Stock or any such security, as applicable, on the Trading Day preceding, on or following the occurrence of an event, (a) that Trading Day shall be deemed to commence immediately after the regular scheduled closing time of trading on the applicable exchange, market or organization, or, if trading is closed at an earlier time, such earlier time and (b) that Trading Day shall end at the next regular scheduled closing time, or if trading is closed at an earlier time, such earlier time (for the avoidance of doubt, and as an example, if the Market Price is to be determined as of the last Trading Day preceding a specified event and the closing time of trading on a particular day is 4:00 p.m.  and the specified event occurs at 5:00 p.m.  on that day, the Market Price would be determined by reference to such 4:00 p.m.  closing price).

New Shares” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 12(vi).

Other Voting Securities” means, other than (a) Common Stock (and, for the avoidance of doubt, Common Stock expressly excludes, and “Other Voting Securities” expressly includes, any separate class or series of common stock of the Corporation with the right to vote in the election of any directors of the Corporation or otherwise on any other matters (whether separately as a class or series, or together with shares of Common Stock) with respect to which Common Stock is entitled to vote), (b) any rights issued (or any securities issued in respect of such rights) in connection with the adoption of a stockholder rights plan in customary form (including with respect to the receipt of such rights in respect of shares of Common Stock (including Warrant Shares) issued subsequent to the initial dividend or distribution of such rights), or (c) any securities issued to directors, advisors, employees or consultants of the Corporation pursuant to a stock

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option plan, employee stock purchase plan, restricted stock plan, other employee benefit plan or similar compensatory arrangement or agreement approved by the Board of Directors, any (i) securities with the right to vote in the election of any directors of the Corporation or otherwise on any other matters (whether separately as a class or series, or together with shares of Common Stock) with respect to which Common Stock is entitled to vote, and (ii) securities convertible into or exchangeable for any such securities, and any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase any of the foregoing.

Permitted Transactions” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 12(ii).

Permitted Transferee” has the meaning ascribed to it in the Stockholders Agreement.

Person” has the meaning given to it in Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act and as used in Sections 13(d)(3) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act.

Post-Issuance Adjustment” has the meaning set forth in Section 12(ii).

Pricing Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 12(ii).

Qualifying Business Combination” has the meaning set forth in Section 13.

Refinancing Cap” means, at the time of any issuance of Refinancing Convertible Notes in respect of any outstanding Convertible Notes, the total number of shares of Common Stock that would be issuable upon conversion of such outstanding Convertible Notes at such time, net of the total number of shares of Common Stock deliverable to the Corporation upon the exercise of the corresponding Call Options at such time.  For the avoidance of doubt, the Refinancing Cap will be reduced on a share-for-share basis by any shares of Common Stock issued by the Corporation to the holders of the Convertible Notes prior to or in connection with any such refinancing that results in a top-up adjustment to the Warrantholder pursuant to Section 12(vi).

Refinancing Convertible Notes” has the meaning set forth in Section 12(vi).

Replacement Cap” means, at the time of the replacement of any Convertible Note Warrants with any Replacement Warrants, the total number of unissued shares of Common Stock that remain issuable upon the exercise of such Convertible Note Warrants at such time and with respect to which such Convertible Note Warrants will expire and be cancelled upon such replacement.  For the avoidance of doubt, the Replacement Cap will be reduced on a share-for-share basis by any shares of Common Stock issued by the Corporation to the holders of the Convertible Note Warrants prior to or in connection with any such replacement that results in a top-up adjustment to the Warrantholder pursuant to Section 12(vi).

Replacement Hedging Arrangement” has the meaning set forth in Section 12(vi).

Replacement Warrants” has the meaning set forth in Section 12(vi).

Repurchases” means any transaction or series of related transactions to purchase Equity Interests of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries by the Corporation or any subsidiary thereof for a purchase price greater than Fair Market Value pursuant to any tender offer or exchange offer

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(whether or not subject to Section 13(e) or 14(e) of the Exchange Act or Regulation 14E promulgated thereunder), whether for cash, Equity Interests of the Corporation, other securities of the Corporation, evidences of indebtedness of the Corporation or any other Person or any other property (including Equity Interests, other securities or evidences of indebtedness of a subsidiary), or any combination thereof, effected while this Warrant is outstanding.

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

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor statute, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Stockholders Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Stockholders Agreement, dated as of March 27, 2019, as it may be amended from time to time, by and between the Corporation and Amazon, including all annexes, schedules and exhibits thereto, as the same may be amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time.

Subject Adjustment” has the meaning set forth in Section 12(viii).

Subject Record Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 12(viii).

subsidiary” has the meaning ascribed to it in the Investment Agreement.

Top-Up Issuance” has the meaning set forth in Section 12(vi).

Top-Up Number” means, with respect to any Top-Up Issuance, the number obtained by multiplying (x) 0.174 by (y) the number of New Shares issued in such Top-Up Issuance by (z) the portion of the Warrant (expressed as a percentage of the Warrant) which has not been cancelled pursuant to the Investment Agreement or Section 3(v) of this Warrant at the time of the Top-Up Issuance.  In the event that the Top-Up Number is being calculated as a result of the issuance of New Shares upon the conversion of any Refinancing Convertible Notes, the maximum aggregate number of New Shares that may be included in clause (y) of the foregoing formula shall not exceed the Refinancing Cap for such Refinancing Convertible Notes, and in the event that the Top-Up Number is being calculated as a result of the issuance of New Shares upon the exercise of any Replacement Warrants, the maximum aggregate number of New Shares that may be included in clause (y) of the foregoing formula shall not exceed the Replacement Cap.

Trading Day” means a day on which The NASDAQ Global Select Market is open for trading.

Transaction Documents” has the meaning ascribed to it in the Investment Agreement.

Vesting Date” means the last day of each calendar quarter and the second Business Day immediately preceding the Expiration Time.

Vesting Events” shall occur for every $6,850,000 in the aggregate that is received by the Corporation and/or its Affiliates from Amazon and/or its Affiliates during the term of the A&R ATSA and after the occurrence of the Warrant‑B Vesting Condition in connection with one or more transactions (including payments from third parties to the Corporation and/or its Affiliates

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in respect of any Charters (as defined in the A&R ATSA) pursuant to the A&R ATSA, all of which payments will be deemed to be payments by Amazon and/or Affiliates to the Corporation and/or its Affiliates for purposes of vesting hereunder subject to clause (b) below), (a) other than (x) for the leasing and operation of the Existing Aircraft (as defined in the A&R ATSA) leased by Amazon and/or one of its Affiliates and operated by the Corporation or a Corporation provider pursuant to the A&R ATSA and (y) payments received as reimbursements of costs incurred by the Corporation and/or its Affiliates on behalf of Amazon and/or its Affiliates pursuant to Section 2.6 of the A&R ATSA (exclusive of any markup above actual cost by the Corporation and/or its Affiliates) and (b) in the case of Charters, net of any amounts related to fuel and any commissions or other remuneration paid by the Corporation and/or its Affiliates to Amazon and/or its Affiliates; provided, that, the vesting of Warrant Shares shall only occur on a Vesting Date.  For the avoidance of doubt, Vesting Events shall stop occurring once Vesting Events have occurred which would cause the total number of Warrant Shares authorized under Section 2 to be vested on the next Vesting Date, and if a given Vesting Event would cause the number of shares that would vest on the next Vesting Date to increase over this threshold, then only the number of shares up to and including the total number of Warrant Shares authorized under Section 2 shall vest on the next Vesting Date in respect of such Vesting Event.

VWAP” means the volume weighted average price per share of Common Stock on The NASDAQ Global Select Market (as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (or its successor) or, if not available, by another authoritative source mutually agreed by the Corporation and Amazon) in respect of the period from the scheduled open of trading until the scheduled close of trading of the primary trading session on such trading day.  

Warrant” means this Warrant, issued pursuant to the Investment Agreement.

Warrant‑B Vesting Condition” means the date upon which aggregate payments have been made by Amazon and its Affiliates such that all of the shares of Common Stock exercisable under that certain Warrant to purchase 3,750,000 Shares of Common Stock of the Corporation, issued as of May 4, 2016 (“Warrant-B”), have vested in full notwithstanding that such vesting may not occur until the end of the calendar quarter in which such payment was made. For the avoidance of doubt, “Warrant-B Vesting Condition” shall not include the vesting of Warrant-B as a result of a Change of Control Transaction pursuant to the terms thereof.

Warrant Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.

Warrantholder” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.

2.Number of Warrant Shares; Exercise Price

.  This certifies that, for value received, Amazon or its permitted assigns (the “Warrantholder”) is entitled, upon the terms hereinafter set forth, to acquire from the Corporation, in whole or in part, up to an aggregate of 6,632,576 fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock (the “Warrant Shares”), at a purchase price per share of Common Stock equal to the Exercise Price.  The Warrant Shares and the Exercise Price are subject to adjustment as provided herein (including under Section 3(ii) and Section 12 hereof), and all references to “Common Stock,” “Warrant Shares” and “Exercise Price” herein shall be deemed to include any such adjustment or series of adjustments.

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3.Vesting; Exercise of Warrant; Term; Other Agreements; Cancellation

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(i)Upon (A) each Vesting Date, increments of 45,428 Warrant Shares shall vest with respect to each Vesting Event (if any) that has occurred since the later of the Issue Date and the immediately preceding Vesting Date and (Bthe consummation of a Change of Control Transaction (unless the A&R ATSA shall have been terminated by Amazon pursuant to Section 4.2 thereof or the Warrant B Vesting Condition has not then been satisfied), all Warrant Shares which are not then vested shall vest fully and become non-forfeitable and immediately exercisable.  The Corporation shall deliver to the Warrantholder on the Business Day immediately following any of the foregoing events a Notice of Vesting Event in the form attached as Annex A hereto with respect to the number of Warrant Shares so vested (if any); provided that neither the delivery, nor the failure of the Corporation to deliver, such Notice of Vesting Event shall affect or impair Amazon’s rights or the Corporation’s obligations hereunder.  In the event of any change in the number of Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms of this Warrant, such change shall be allocated to the vested and unvested portions of this Warrant based on the proportion of Warrant Shares that had vested immediately prior to such change to the total number of Warrant Shares.

(ii)Subject to Section 2, Section 12(v) and Section 13, as well as the DOT notification and the receipt of the Antitrust Clearance, each if applicable, the right to purchase Warrant Shares represented by this Warrant is exercisable, in whole or in part by the Warrantholder, at any time or from time to time from and after the applicable Vesting Date with respect to such Warrant Shares, but in no event later than 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on March 27, 2026 (such time, the “Expiration Time” and such period from and after the applicable Vesting Date through the Expiration Time, the “Exercise Period”), by (A) the surrender of this Warrant and the Notice of Exercise attached as Annex B hereto, duly completed and executed on behalf of the Warrantholder, at the principal executive office of the Corporation located at 2000 Westchester Avenue, Purchase, NY 10577 Attn: Adam R.  Kokas, EVP, General Counsel  & Secretary (or such other office or agency of the Corporation in the United States as it may designate by notice in writing to the Warrantholder), and (B) payment of the Exercise Price for the Warrant Shares thereby purchased by, at the sole election of the Warrantholder, either: (i) tendering in cash, by certified or cashier’s check payable to the order of the Corporation, or by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated by the Corporation (such manner of exercise, a “Cash Exercise”) or (ii) without payment of cash, by reducing the number of Warrant Shares obtainable upon the exercise of this Warrant (either in full or in part, as applicable) and payment of the Exercise Price in cash so as to yield a number of Warrant Shares obtainable upon the exercise of this Warrant (either in full or in part, as applicable) equal to the product of (x) the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant (either in full or in part, as applicable) (if payment of the Exercise Price were being made in cash) and (y) the Cashless Exercise Ratio (such manner of exercise, a “Cashless Exercise”).

(iii)Notwithstanding the foregoing, (I) if (A) at any time during the Exercise Period, the Warrantholder has not obtained any approval, exemption, authorization or consent (including the expiration or termination of any waiting periods, as applicable) from any Governmental Entity required pursuant to the HSR Act, any other Antitrust Law or otherwise in connection with the exercise of this Warrant in full and (B) the Warrantholder delivers a written notice to the Corporation, informing the Corporation that the Warrantholder is actively pursuing in good faith any such approval, exemption, authorization, consent, expiration or termination, then

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the Expiration Time shall be deemed for all purposes hereunder not to have occurred until the later of (x) March 27, 2026 and (y) the earlier of (i) the Warrantholder ceasing to actively pursue in any material respect such approval, exemption, authorization, consent, expiration or termination, (ii) any Governmental Entity that must grant any such required approval, exemption, authorization, consent, expiration or termination denying such grant and such denial becoming final and non-appealable and (iii) September 27, 2026 and (II) if at any time during the Exercise Period the Warrantholder has not exercised this Warrant in full as a result of there being insufficient Warrant Shares available for issuance or the lack of any required corporate approval, the Expiration Time shall be extended until the date that is six months after the Warrantholder is able to exercise this Warrant in respect of all vested Warrant Shares.

(iv)If the Warrantholder does not exercise this Warrant in its entirety, the Warrantholder shall be entitled to receive from the Corporation, upon request, a new warrant of like tenor in substantially identical form for the purchase of that number of Warrant Shares equal to the difference between the number of Warrant Shares subject to this Warrant and the number of Warrant Shares as to which this Warrant is so exercised.

(v)This Warrant, including with respect to its cancellation, is subject to the terms and conditions of the Investment Agreement and the Stockholders Agreement.  Without affecting in any manner any prior exercise of this Warrant (or any Warrant Shares previously issued hereunder), if (a) the Investment Agreement is terminated in accordance with Section 5.1 thereof or (b) the Warrantholder delivers to the Corporation a written, irrevocable commitment not to exercise this Warrant, the Corporation shall have no obligation to issue, and the Warrantholder shall have no right to acquire, the cancelled portion of the Warrant Shares under this Warrant.

4.Issuance of Warrant Shares; Authorization; Listing

.  Certificates for Equity Interests issued upon exercise of this Warrant shall be issued no later than the fifth Business Day following the date of exercise of this Warrant in accordance with its terms in the name of the Warrantholder and shall be delivered to the Warrantholder; provided that, in lieu of such certificates, the Corporation may issue such shares in book-entry form, in which case a statement of book-entry interests will be delivered to the Warrantholder within the aforementioned time period.  The Corporation hereby represents and warrants that any Equity Interests issued upon the exercise of this Warrant in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free of any liens or encumbrances (other than liens or encumbrances created by the Transaction Documents, arising as a matter of applicable law or created by or at the direction of the Warrantholder or any of its Affiliates).  The Equity Interests so issued shall be deemed for all purposes to have been issued to the Warrantholder as of the close of business on the date on which this Warrant and payment of the Exercise Price are delivered to the Corporation in accordance with the terms of this Warrant, notwithstanding that the stock transfer books of the Corporation may then be closed or certificates or statements of book-entry interest representing such Equity Interests may not be actually delivered on such date.  The Corporation shall at all times reserve and keep available, out of its authorized but unissued Equity Interests, solely for the purpose of providing for the exercise of this Warrant, the aggregate Equity Interests then issuable upon exercise of this Warrant in full (disregarding whether or not this Warrant is exercisable by its terms at any such time).  The Corporation shall, at its sole expense, procure, subject to issuance or notice of issuance, the listing of any Equity Interests issuable upon exercise of this Warrant on

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the principal stock exchange on which such Equity Interests are then listed or traded, promptly after such Equity Interests are eligible for listing thereon.

5.No Fractional Shares or Scrip

.  No fractional Warrant Shares or other Equity Interests or scrip representing fractional Warrant Shares or other Equity Interests shall be issued upon any exercise of this Warrant.  In lieu of any fractional share to which a Warrantholder would otherwise be entitled, the Warrantholder shall be entitled to receive a cash payment equal to the Market Price of the Common Stock or such other Equity Interests on the last trading day preceding the date of exercise less the Exercise Price for such fractional share.

6.No Rights as Stockholders; Transfer Books

.  Without limiting in any respect the provisions of the Investment Agreement or the Stockholders Agreement and except as otherwise provided by the terms of this Warrant, this Warrant does not entitle the Warrantholder to (i) receive dividends or other distributions, (ii) consent to any action of the stockholders of the Corporation, (iii) receive notice of or vote at any meeting of the stockholders, (iv) receive notice of any other proceedings of the Corporation or (v) exercise any other rights whatsoever, in any such case, as a stockholder of the Corporation prior to the date of exercise hereof.

7.Charges, Taxes and Expenses

.  Issuance of this Warrant and issuance of certificates for Equity Interests to the Warrantholder upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be made without charge to the Warrantholder for any issue or transfer tax (other than taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously therewith) or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such certificates, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Corporation.

8.Transfer/Assignment

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(i)This Warrant may only be transferred to a Permitted Transferee of Amazon in accordance with the terms of the Stockholders Agreement.  The Warrant Shares may only be transferred in accordance with the terms of the Stockholders Agreement.  Subject to compliance with the first two sentences of this Section 8, the legend as set forth on the cover page of this Warrant and the terms of the Stockholders Agreement, this Warrant and all rights hereunder are transferable, in whole or in part, upon the books of the Corporation by the registered holder hereof in person or by duly authorized attorney, and a new Warrant shall be made and delivered by the Corporation, of the same tenor and date as this Warrant but registered in the name of one or more transferees, upon surrender of this Warrant, duly endorsed, to the office or agency of the Corporation described in Section 3.  If the transferring holder does not transfer the entirety of its rights to purchase all Warrant Shares hereunder, such holder shall be entitled to receive from the Corporation a new Warrant in substantially identical form for the purchase of that number of Warrant Shares as to which the right to purchase was not transferred.  All expenses (other than stock transfer taxes) and other charges payable in connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of the new Warrants pursuant to this Section 8 shall be paid by the Corporation, other than the costs and expenses of counsel or any other advisor to the Warrantholder and its transferee.

(ii)If and for so long as required by the Investment Agreement, this Warrant shall contain a legend as set forth in Section 4.2 of the Investment Agreement.

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9.Exchange and Registry of Warrant

.  This Warrant is exchangeable, subject to applicable securities laws, upon the surrender hereof by the Warrantholder to the Corporation, for a new warrant or warrants of like tenor and representing the right to purchase the same aggregate number of Warrant Shares.  The Corporation shall maintain a registry showing the name and address of the Warrantholder as the registered holder of this Warrant.  This Warrant may be surrendered for exchange or exercise, in accordance with its terms, at the office of the Corporation, and the Corporation shall be entitled to rely in all respects, prior to written notice to the contrary, upon such registry.

10.Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant

.  Upon receipt by the Corporation of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant, and in the case of any such loss, theft or destruction, upon receipt of a bond, indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation, or, in the case of any such mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, the Corporation shall make and deliver, in lieu of such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Warrant, a new Warrant of like tenor and representing the right to purchase the same aggregate number of Warrant Shares as provided for in such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Warrant.

11.Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc

.  If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a Business Day, then such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day.

12.Adjustments and Other Rights

.  The Exercise Price and Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as follows; provided that if more than one subsection of this Section 12 is applicable to a single event, the subsection shall be applied that produces the largest adjustment and no single event shall cause an adjustment under more than one subsection of this Section 12 so as to result in duplication.

(i)Stock Splits, Subdivisions, Reclassifications or Combinations.  If the Corporation shall at any time or from time to time (a) declare, order, pay or make a dividend or make a distribution on its Common Stock in shares of Common Stock, (b) split, subdivide or reclassify the outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares or (c) combine or reclassify the outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant at the time of the record date for such dividend or distribution or the effective date of such split, subdivision, combination or reclassification shall be proportionately adjusted so that the Warrantholder immediately after such record date or effective date, as the case may be, shall be entitled to purchase the number of shares of Common Stock which such holder would have owned or been entitled to receive in respect of the shares of Common Stock subject to this Warrant after such date had this Warrant been exercised in full immediately prior to such record date or effective date, as the case may be (disregarding whether or not this Warrant had been exercisable by its terms at such time).  In the event of such adjustment, the Exercise Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or distribution or the effective date of such split, subdivision, combination or reclassification shall be immediately adjusted to the number obtained by dividing (x) the product of (1) the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant in full before the adjustment determined pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence (disregarding whether or

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not this Warrant was exercisable by its terms at such time) and (2) the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the record or effective date, as the case may be, for the dividend, distribution, split, subdivision, combination or reclassification giving rise to such adjustment by (y) the new number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrant in full determined pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence (disregarding whether or not this Warrant is exercisable by its terms at such time).

(ii)Certain Issuances of Common Shares or Convertible Securities.  If the Corporation shall at any time or from time to time issue shares of Common Stock (or rights or warrants or any other securities or rights exercisable or convertible into or exchangeable (collectively, a “conversion”) for shares of Common Stock) (collectively, “convertible securities”) (other than in Permitted Transactions or a transaction to which the adjustments set forth in subsection (i) of this Section 12 are applicable), without consideration or at a consideration per share (or having a conversion price per share) that is less than 100% of the Market Price of Common Stock immediately prior to the date of the agreement on pricing of such shares (or of such convertible securities) (such date of agreement, the “Pricing Date”) other than as a result of the payment, deduction or application of customary discounts, commissions, spreads, fees or other similar amounts as determined by, or agreed to with, the underwriter(s), placement agent(s) or other person(s) performing similar functions in connection with such issuance then, in such event:

(A)the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant immediately prior to the Pricing Date (the “Initial Number”) shall be increased to the number obtained by multiplying the Initial Number by a fraction (I) the numerator of which shall be the sum of (x) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Pricing Date and (y) the number of additional shares of Common Stock issued (or into which convertible securities may be converted) and (II) the denominator of which shall be the sum of (x) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Pricing Date and (y) the number of shares of Common Stock (rounded to the nearest whole share) which the Aggregate Consideration in respect of such issuance of shares of Common Stock (or convertible securities) would purchase at the Market Price of Common Stock immediately prior to the Pricing Date; and

(B)the Exercise Price payable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be adjusted by multiplying such Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the Pricing Date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant in full immediately prior to the adjustment pursuant to clause (A) above (disregarding whether or not this Warrant was exercisable by its terms at such time), and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant in full immediately after the adjustment pursuant to clause (A) above (disregarding whether or not this Warrant is exercisable by its terms at such time).

For purposes of the foregoing, (1) the “Aggregate Consideration” in respect of such issuance of shares of Common Stock (or convertible securities) shall be deemed to be equal to the sum of the net offering price (before deduction of any related expenses payable to third parties, including discounts and commissions) of all such shares of Common Stock and convertible securities, plus the aggregate amount, if any, payable upon conversion of any such convertible

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securities (assuming conversion in accordance with their terms immediately following their issuance (and further assuming for this purpose that such convertible securities are convertible at such time)); (2) in the case of the issuance of such shares of Common Stock or convertible securities for, in whole or in part, any non-cash property (or in the case of any non-cash property payable upon conversion of any such convertible securities), the consideration represented by such non-cash property shall be deemed to be the Market Price (in the case of securities) and/or Fair Market Value (in all other cases), as applicable, of such non-cash property as of immediately prior to the Pricing Date (before deduction of any related expenses payable to third parties, including discounts and commissions); (3) on any increase in the number of shares of Common Stock deliverable upon conversion of any such issued convertible securities, and/or any decrease in the consideration receivable by the Corporation in respect of any such conversion (each, a “Post-Issuance Adjustment”), then, to the extent that, in respect of the same facts and events, the adjustment provisions set forth in this Section 12 (excluding this clause (3)) do not result in a proportionate increase in the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant, and/or a proportionate decrease in the Exercise Price payable upon exercise of this Warrant, in each case equal to or greater than the proportionate increase and/or decrease, respectively, in respect of such convertible securities, then the number of Warrant Shares issuable, and the Exercise Price payable, upon exercise of this Warrant, in each case then in effect, shall forthwith be readjusted to such number of Warrant Shares and such Exercise Price as would have been obtained had the Post-Issuance Adjustment been effective in respect of such convertible securities as of immediately prior to the Pricing Date of such convertible securities; (4) if the Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall have been adjusted upon the issuance of any convertible securities in accordance with this Section 12, subject to clause (3) above, no further adjustment of the Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be made for the actual issuance of shares of Common Stock upon the actual conversion of such convertible securities in accordance with their terms; and (5) “Permitted Transactions” shall consist of (a) issuances of shares of Common Stock (including upon exercise of options) to directors, advisors, employees or consultants of the Corporation pursuant to a stock option plan, employee stock purchase plan, restricted stock plan, other employee benefit plan or other similar compensatory agreement or arrangement approved by the Board of Directors, (b) issuances of shares of Common Stock in accordance with or pursuant to the Convertible Notes, the Convertible Note Warrants or the Issued Amazon Warrants and (c) the exercise of this Warrant.  Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 12(ii) shall become effective immediately upon the date of such issuance.  For the avoidance of doubt, no increase to the Exercise Price or decrease in the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be made pursuant to this Section 12(ii).

(iii)Distributions.  If the Corporation shall fix a record date for the making of a dividend or other distribution (by spin-off or otherwise) on shares of Common Stock, whether in cash, Equity Interests of the Corporation, other securities of the Corporation, evidences of indebtedness of the Corporation or any other Person or any other property (including Equity Interests, other securities or evidences of indebtedness of a subsidiary), or any combination thereof, excluding (A) dividends or distributions subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 12(i) or (B) dividends or distributions of rights in connection with the adoption of a stockholder rights plan in customary form (including with respect to the receipt of such rights in respect of shares of Common Stock (including Warrant Shares) issued subsequent to the initial dividend or distribution of such rights), then in each such case, the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of

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this Warrant in full (disregarding whether or not this Warrant had been exercisable by its terms at such time) shall be increased by multiplying such number of Warrant Shares by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Market Price per share of Common Stock on such record date and the denominator of which is the Market Price per share of Common Stock on such record date less the Fair Market Value of the cash and/or any other property, as applicable, to be so paid or distributed in such dividend or distribution in respect of one share of Common Stock (in each case as of the record date of such dividend or distribution); such adjustment shall take effect on the record date for such dividend or distribution.  In the event of such adjustment, the Exercise Price shall immediately be decreased by multiplying such Exercise Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant in full immediately prior to such adjustment (disregarding whether or not this Warrant was exercisable by its terms at such time), and the denominator of which is the new number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant determined in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Fair Market Value of the cash and/or any other property, as applicable, to be so paid or distributed in such dividend or distribution in respect of one share of Common Stock (in each case as of the record date of such dividend or distribution) is equal to or greater than the Market Price per share of Common Stock on such record date, then proper provision shall be made such that upon exercise of this Warrant, the Warrantholder shall receive, in addition to the applicable Warrant Shares, the amount and kind of such cash and/or any other property such Warrantholder would have received had such Warrantholder exercised this Warrant immediately prior to such record date (disregarding whether or not this Warrant had been exercisable by its terms at such time).  For purposes of the foregoing, in the event that such dividend or distribution in question is ultimately not so made, the Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant then in effect shall be readjusted, effective as of the date when the Board of Directors determines not to make such dividend or distribution, to the Exercise Price that would then be in effect and the number of Warrant Shares that would then be issuable upon exercise of this Warrant if such record date had not been fixed.  For the avoidance of doubt, no increase to the Exercise Price or decrease in the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be made pursuant to this Section 12(iii).

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 12(iii), in the event that all or any portion of any such dividend or other distribution is in Other Voting Securities, then, with respect to such dividend or distribution (or such portion thereof that is in Other Voting Securities, as applicable), the Warrantholder shall have the option, exercisable in writing delivered to the Corporation within seven (7) Business Days of such Warrantholder’s receipt of the Corporation’s notice pursuant to Section 12(x) relating to such dividend or other distribution, to elect (1) for the foregoing adjustments set forth in this Section 12(iii) to apply with respect to such dividend or distribution (or such portion thereof that is in Other Voting Securities, as applicable) or (2) in lieu of the foregoing adjustments set forth in this Section 12(iii) with respect to such dividend or distribution (or such portion thereof that is in Other Voting Securities, as applicable), but, for all purposes of this clause (2), after giving effect to the foregoing adjustments set forth in this Section 12(iii) with respect to any portion of such dividend or distribution that is in securities, cash and/or any other property, in each case other than Other Voting Securities, for its right to receive Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant to be converted, effective as of the record date of such dividend or distribution, into the right to exercise this Warrant to acquire such Warrant Shares plus the Other Voting Securities that such Warrant Shares would have been entitled to receive upon consummation of such dividend or distribution, assuming the exercise in full of this Warrant

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immediately prior to such record date (disregarding whether or not this Warrant was exercisable by its terms at such time); provided that for purposes of this clause (2), (x) the number and type of Other Voting Securities so deliverable upon any exercise of this Warrant shall be adjusted to take into account any stock or security dividends, splits, reverse splits, spin-offs, split-ups, mergers, reclassifications, reorganizations, recapitalizations, combinations or exchanges of securities and the like from and after the consummation of such dividend or distribution in question and at or prior to such exercise of this Warrant and (y) with respect to any such Other Voting Securities that are described in clause (ii) of the definition of Other Voting Securities, the terms of such Other Voting Securities, as issued upon exercise of this Warrant, shall take into account any anti-dilution or other adjustments that would have been applicable to such Other Voting Securities had such Other Voting Securities been outstanding from and after the consummation of such dividend or distribution in question.  In the event that such dividend or distribution in question (or such portion thereof that is in Other Voting Securities, as applicable) is ultimately not so made, this Warrant shall be readjusted, effective as of the date when the Board of Directors determines not to make such dividend or distribution (or such portion thereof that is in Other Voting Securities, as applicable), as though the record date thereof had not been fixed.

(iv)Repurchases.  If the Corporation or any subsidiary thereof shall at any time or from time to time effect Repurchases, the Exercise Price then in effect and the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be immediately adjusted, in each case in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Section 12, as if, in lieu of such Repurchases, the Corporation had (A) first, declared and paid a dividend, in cash, on shares of Common Stock in an aggregate amount equal to the Assumed Payment Amount, with a record date as of the trading day immediately preceding the first public disclosure of the Corporation’s (or such subsidiary’s) intent to effect such Repurchase, and (B) second, effected a reverse-split of Common Stock, in the proportion required to reduce the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding from (1) the number of such shares outstanding immediately prior to the first purchase of Equity Interests comprising such Repurchases to (2) the number of such shares outstanding immediately following the last purchase of Equity Interests comprising such Repurchases (in the case of this clause (B), with such adjustments as are appropriate to exclude the effect of any issuances of Equity Interests, and any dividends, distributions, splits, subdivisions, reclassifications and combinations subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 12(i), in each case from and after the first purchase of Equity Interests comprising such Repurchases and at or prior to the last purchase of Equity Interests comprising such Repurchases).  For the avoidance of doubt, no increase to the Exercise Price or decrease in the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be made pursuant to this Section 12(iv).  For purposes of the foregoing, the “Assumed Payment Amount” with respect to any Repurchases shall mean the aggregate Market Price (in the case of securities) and/or Fair Market Value (in the case of cash and/or any other property), as applicable, as of such Repurchases, of the aggregate consideration paid to effect such Repurchases.

(v)Business Combination Transactions.  In case of any Business Combination, or reclassification of Common Stock (other than a reclassification of Common Stock subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 12(i)), notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, (a) the Corporation shall notify the Warrantholder in writing of such Business Combination or reclassification as promptly as practicable (and in any event no later than ten (10) Business Days prior to the effectiveness thereof) and (b) the Warrantholder’s right to receive Warrant Shares upon

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exercise of this Warrant shall be converted, effective upon the occurrence of such Business Combination or reclassification, into the right to exercise this Warrant to acquire the number of shares of stock or other securities or property (including cash) that the Common Stock issuable (at the time of such Business Combination or reclassification) upon exercise of this Warrant immediately prior to such Business Combination or reclassification would have been entitled to receive upon consummation of such Business Combination or reclassification.  In determining the kind and amount of stock, securities or the property receivable upon exercise of this Warrant upon and following adjustment pursuant to this paragraph, if the holders of Common Stock have the right to elect the kind or amount of consideration receivable upon consummation of such Business Combination, then the Warrantholder shall have the right to make the same election upon exercise of this Warrant with respect to the number of shares of stock or other securities or property which the Warrantholder shall receive upon exercise of this Warrant.  The Corporation, or the Person or Persons formed by the applicable Business Combination or reclassification, or that acquire(s) the applicable shares of Common Stock, as the case may be, shall make lawful provisions to establish such rights and to provide for such adjustments that, for events from and after such Business Combination or reclassification, shall be as nearly equivalent as possible to the rights and adjustments provided for herein, and the Corporation shall not be a party to or permit any such Business Combination or reclassification to occur unless such provisions are made as a part of the terms thereof.

(vi)Top-Up Adjustment.  If the Corporation shall at any time or from time to time prior to the Expiration Time issue shares of Common Stock to (A) any holder of the Convertible Notes upon the conversion of such Convertible Notes (net of any shares of Common Stock delivered to the Corporation upon the exercise of the Call Options in connection with such conversion of the Convertible Notes) or (B) any holder of the Convertible Note Warrants upon exercise of the Convertible Note Warrants (such net shares of Common Stock issued at such time to such holders, the “New Shares” and such issuance, a “Top-Up Issuance”), then the Corporation shall deliver notice of such issuance to the Warrantholder no later than five (5) Business Days after such issuance and the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be increased by an amount equal to the Top-Up Number.  In the event that the Corporation (1) refinances any Convertible Notes with other notes convertible into Common Stock (the “Refinancing Convertible Notes”) and/or (2) replaces any Convertible Note Warrants with other warrants issued in connection with the issuance of such Refinancing Convertible Notes (the “Replacement Warrants”), the top-up adjustment set forth in this Section 12(vi) shall apply, mutatis mutandis, with respect to any new shares of Common Stock issued by the Corporation upon the conversion of such Refinancing Convertible Notes or upon the exercise of such Replacement Warrants, with the “New Shares” in that circumstance being the number of new shares of Common Stock issued upon the conversion of such Refinancing Convertible Notes (net of any shares of Common Stock delivered to the Corporation in respect of any call options or other hedging arrangement put in place by the Corporation in connection with such Refinancing Convertible Notes (“Replacement Hedging Arrangement”)) or upon the exercise of the Replacement Warrants, as applicable.

For the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of determining the number of “New Shares” issued by the Corporation pursuant to the conversion of any Convertible Notes (or any Refinancing Convertible Notes), the Corporation shall not be deemed to be issuing “New Shares” to the extent the Corporation obtains an equivalent number of shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the

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Call Options (or any Replacement Hedging Arrangement) and delivers such shares of Common Stock to the holders of such Convertible Notes (or the holders of such Refinancing Convertible Notes, as applicable) upon the conversion thereof; provided, however, that, for the avoidance of doubt, this exclusion shall not apply to issuances of shares of Common Stock by the Corporation the proceeds of which are used to finance the payment in cash of the strike price of the Call Options (or pursuant to any Replacement Hedging Arrangement, as applicable).

(vii)Rounding of Calculations; Minimum Adjustments.  All calculations under this Section 12 shall be made to the nearest one-hundredth (1/100th) of a cent or to the nearest one-hundredth (1/100th) of a share, as the case may be.  Any provision of this Section 12 to the contrary notwithstanding, no adjustment in the Exercise Price or the number of Warrant Shares into which this Warrant is exercisable shall be made if the amount of such adjustment would be less than $0.01 or one-hundredth (1/100th) of a share of Common Stock, but any such amount shall be carried forward and an adjustment with respect thereto shall be made at the time of and together with any subsequent adjustment which, together with such amount and any other amount or amounts so carried forward, shall aggregate $0.01 or 1/100th of a share of Common Stock, or more.

(viii)Timing of Issuance of Additional Securities Upon Certain Adjustments.  In any case in which (a) the provisions of this Section 12 shall require that an adjustment (the “Subject Adjustment”) shall become effective immediately after a record date (the “Subject Record Date”) for an event and (b) the Warrantholder exercises this Warrant after the Subject Record Date and before the consummation of such event, the Corporation may defer until the consummation of such event (i) issuing to such Warrantholder the incrementally additional shares of Common Stock or other property issuable upon such exercise by reason of the Subject Adjustment and (ii) paying to such Warrantholder any amount of cash in lieu of a fractional share of Common Stock; provided, however, that the Corporation upon request shall promptly deliver to such Warrantholder a due bill or other appropriate instrument evidencing such Warrantholder’s right to receive such additional shares (or other property, as applicable), and such cash, upon the consummation of such event.

(ix)Statement Regarding Adjustments.  Whenever the Exercise Price or the Warrant Shares into which this Warrant is exercisable shall be adjusted as provided in Section 12, the Corporation shall forthwith prepare a statement showing in reasonable detail the facts requiring such adjustment and the Exercise Price that shall be in effect and the Warrant Shares into which this Warrant shall be exercisable after such adjustment, and cause a copy of such statement to be delivered to the Warrantholder as promptly as practicable.

(x)Notice of Adjustment Event.  In the event that the Corporation shall propose to take any action of the type described in this Section 12 (but only if the action of the type described in this Section 12 would result in an adjustment in the Exercise Price or the Warrant Shares into which this Warrant is exercisable or a change in the type of securities or property to be delivered upon exercise of this Warrant), the Corporation shall provide written notice to the Warrantholder, which notice shall specify the record date, if any, with respect to any such action and the approximate date on which such action is to take place.  Such notice shall also set forth the facts with respect thereto as shall be reasonably necessary to indicate the effect on the Exercise Price and the number, kind or class of shares or other securities or property which shall be

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deliverable upon exercise of this Warrant.  In the case of any action which would require the fixing of a record date, such notice shall be given at least ten (10) days prior to the date so fixed.  In case of all other action, such notice shall be given at least ten (10) days prior to the taking of such proposed action unless the Corporation reasonably determines in good faith that, given the nature of such action, the provision of such notice at least ten (10) days in advance is not reasonably practicable from a timing perspective, in which case such notice shall be given as far in advance prior to the taking of such proposed action as is reasonably practicable from a timing perspective.

(xi)Adjustment Rules.  Any adjustments pursuant to this Section 12 shall be made successively whenever an event referred to herein shall occur.  If an adjustment in the Exercise Price made hereunder would reduce the Exercise Price to an amount below par value of the Common Stock, then such adjustment in the Exercise Price made hereunder shall reduce the Exercise Price to the par value of the Common Stock.

(xii)No Impairment.  The Corporation shall not, by amendment of its certificate of incorporation, bylaws or any other organizational document, or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms to be observed or performed hereunder by the Corporation, but shall at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all the provisions of this Warrant.  In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the Corporation shall not take or permit to be taken any action which would entitle the Warrantholder to an adjustment under this Section 12 if the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable after such action upon exercise of this Warrant in full (disregarding whether or not this Warrant is exercisable by its terms at such time), together with all shares of Common Stock then outstanding and all shares of Common Stock then issuable upon the exercise in full of any and all outstanding Equity Interests (disregarding whether or not any such Equity Interests are exercisable by their terms at such time) would exceed the total number of shares of Common Stock then authorized by its certificate of incorporation.

(xiii)Proceedings Prior to Any Action Requiring Adjustment.  As a condition precedent to the taking of any action which would require an adjustment pursuant to this Section 12, the Corporation shall take any and all action which may be necessary, including obtaining regulatory or other governmental, The NASDAQ Global Select Market or other applicable securities exchange, corporate or stockholder approvals or exemptions, in order that the Corporation may thereafter validly and legally issue as fully paid and nonassessable all shares of Common Stock, or all other securities or other property, that the Warrantholder is entitled to receive upon exercise of this Warrant pursuant to this Section 12.

13.Mandatory Exercise Upon Change of Control

.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in the event of the consummation prior to the Expiration Time of a Business Combination where all outstanding shares of Common Stock are exchanged solely for cash consideration (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, shares held as treasury stock, shares with respect to which appraisal or dissenter rights apply and shares that are customarily cancelled in a Business Combination of such type) (“Qualifying Business Combination”), the Corporation shall have the right (a) if the consideration per share of Common Stock to be received by the holders of Common Stock in such Qualifying Business Combination is greater than the Exercise Price, to cause the Warrantholder to exercise this Warrant with respect to all Warrant Shares as of

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the consummation of such Qualifying Business Combination and (b) if the consideration per share of Common Stock to be received by the holders of Common Stock in such Qualifying Business Combination is less than or equal to the Exercise Price, to cause this Warrant to be automatically and immediately cancelled and terminated as of the consummation of such Qualifying Business Combination with respect to all Warrant Shares; provided that the Corporation must give written notice to the Warrantholder at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the date of consummation of such Qualifying Business Combination, which notice shall specify the expected date on which such Qualifying Business Combination is to take place and set forth the facts with respect thereto as shall be reasonably necessary to indicate the amount of cash deliverable upon exercise of this Warrant and to each outstanding share of Common Stock; provided, further that the Corporation may only cause this Warrant to be exercised or cancelled, as applicable, concurrently with the consummation of such Qualifying Business Combination and the Warrantholder shall be entitled to receive the cash consideration as determined pursuant to Section 12(v).  If the Warrantholder is required to exercise this Warrant pursuant to this Section 13, the Warrantholder shall notify the Corporation within five (5) Business Days after receiving the Corporation’s written notice described above in this Section 13 whether it is electing to exercise this Warrant through a Cash Exercise or a Cashless Exercise.  If the Warrantholder (i) does not provide such notice within five (5) Business Days after receiving the Corporation’s written notice described above in this Section 13, or (ii) elects a Cash Exercise but does not pay the applicable Exercise Price for the Warrant Shares thereby purchased to the Corporation upon the consummation of such Qualifying Business Combination then, in either such case, the Corporation shall effect the exercise of this Warrant through a Cashless Exercise.

14.Beneficial Ownership Limitation.  

(a)Notwithstanding anything in this Warrant to the contrary, the Corporation shall not honor any exercise of this Warrant, and a Warrantholder shall not have the right to exercise any portion of this Warrant, to the extent that, after giving effect to an attempted exercise set forth on an applicable Notice of Exercise, such Warrantholder (together with such Warrantholder’s Affiliates, and any other Person whose beneficial ownership of Common Stock would be aggregated with the Warrantholder’s for purposes of Section 13(d) or Section 16 of the Exchange Act, and any other applicable regulations of the SEC, including any “group” of which the Warrantholder is a member (the foregoing, “Attribution Parties”)) would beneficially own a number of shares of Common Stock in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation.  Except as set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, for purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such Warrantholder and its Attribution Parties shall include the number of Warrant Shares issuable under the Notice of Exercise with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which are issuable upon (a) exercise of the remaining, unexercised portion of any Warrant beneficially owned by such Warrantholder or any of its Attribution Parties, and (b) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Corporation (including any warrants) beneficially owned by such Warrantholder or any of its Attribution Parties that are subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise similar to the limitation contained herein.  Except as set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 14, beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and any other applicable regulations of the SEC.  In addition, for purposes hereof, “group” has the meaning set forth in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and

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the applicable regulations of the SEC.  For purposes of this Section 14, in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, a Warrantholder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as stated in the most recent of the following: (x) the Corporation’s most recent periodic or annual filing with the SEC, as the case may be, (y) a more recent public announcement by the Corporation that is filed with the SEC, or (z) a more recent notice by the Corporation or the Corporation’s transfer agent to the Warrantholder setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding.  Upon the written request of a Warrantholder (which may be by email), the Corporation shall, within three (3) Trading Days thereof, confirm in writing to such Warrantholder (which may be via email) the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding.  In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to any actual conversion or exercise of securities of the Corporation, including exercise of this Warrant, by such Warrantholder or its Attribution Parties since the date as of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was last publicly reported or confirmed to the Warrantholder.  The Corporation shall be entitled to rely on representations made to it by the Warrantholder in any Notice of Exercise regarding its Beneficial Ownership Limitation.  The Warrantholder acknowledges that the Warrantholder is solely responsible for any schedules or statements required to be filed by it in accordance with Section 13(d) or Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act.

(b)The “Beneficial Ownership Limitation” shall initially be 4.999% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock pursuant to such Notice of Exercise (to the extent permitted pursuant to this Section 14); provided, however, that by written notice to the Corporation, which will not be effective until the 61st day after such notice is given by the Warrantholder to the Corporation, the Warrantholder may waive or amend the provisions of this Section 14 to change the Beneficial Ownership Limitation to any other number, and the provisions of this Section 14 shall continue to apply.  Upon any such waiver or amendment to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation may not be further waived or amended by the Warrantholder without first providing the minimum written notice required by the immediately preceding sentence.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time following notice of a Change of Control Transaction under Section 12(v) with respect to a Change of Control Transaction that is pursuant to any tender offer or exchange offer (by the Corporation or another Person (other than the Warrantholder or any Affiliate of the Warrantholder)), the Warrantholder may waive or amend the Beneficial Ownership Limitation effective immediately upon written notice to the Corporation and may reinstitute a Beneficial Ownership Limitation at any time thereafter effective immediately upon written notice to the Corporation.  

(c)None of the provisions of this Section 14 shall restrict in any way the number of shares of Common Stock which the Warrantholder may receive or beneficially own in order to determine the amount of securities or other consideration that the Warrantholder may receive in the event of a Change of Control Transaction as contemplated in Section 12(v) of this Warrant.

15.Governing Law and Jurisdiction

.  This Warrant shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware.  In

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addition, each of the parties (a) submits to the personal jurisdiction of the Delaware Court of Chancery in and for New Castle County, or in the event (but only in the event) that such Delaware Court of Chancery does not have subject matter jurisdiction over such dispute, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, or in the event (but only in the event) that such United States District Court also does not have jurisdiction over such dispute, any Delaware State court sitting in New Castle County, in the event any dispute (whether in contract, tort or otherwise) arises out of this Warrant or the transactions contemplated hereby, (b) irrevocably waives the defense of an inconvenient forum or lack of jurisdiction to the maintenance of any claim, action or proceeding relating to this Warrant or the transactions contemplated hereby and agrees that it will not attempt to deny or defeat such personal jurisdiction by motion or other request for leave from any such court and (c) agrees that it shall not bring any claim, action or proceeding relating to this Warrant or the transactions contemplated hereby in any court other than the Delaware Court of Chancery in and for New Castle County, or in the event (but only in the event) that such Delaware Court of Chancery does not have subject matter jurisdiction over such claim, action or proceeding, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, or in the event (but only in the event) that such United States District Court also does not have jurisdiction over such claim, action or proceeding, any Delaware State court sitting in New Castle County.  Each party agrees that service of process upon such party in any such claim, action or proceeding shall be effective if notice is given in accordance with the provisions of this Warrant.

16.Binding Effect

.  This Warrant shall be binding upon any successors or assigns of the Corporation.

17.Amendments

.  This Warrant may be amended and the observance of any term of this Warrant may be waived only with the written consent of the Corporation and the Warrantholder.

18.Notices

.  Any notice, request, instruction or other document to be given hereunder by any party to the other shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given (a) if sent by registered or certified mail in the United States, return receipt requested, upon receipt, (b) if sent by nationally recognized overnight air courier, one (1) Business Day after mailing, (c) if sent by email or facsimile transmission, with a copy mailed on the same day in the manner provided in clauses (a) or (b) of this Section 18 when transmitted and receipt is confirmed, or (d) if otherwise personally delivered, when delivered.  All notices hereunder shall be delivered as set forth below, or pursuant to such other instructions as may be designated in writing by the party to receive such notice.

If to the Corporation, to:

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc.
2000 Westchester Avenue
Purchase, NY 10577
Fax:(914) 701-8333
Email:Adam.Kokas@atlasair.com
Attn:Adam R.  Kokas, EVP, General Counsel & Secretary

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with a copy to (which copy alone shall not constitute notice):

 

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Worldwide Plaza
825 Eighth Avenue
New York, NY 10019
Fax:(212) 474-3700
Email:  dzoubek@cravath.com

jhochenberg@cravath.com
Attn:Damien R. Zoubek, Esq.
Jenny Hochenberg, Esq.

 

If to the Warrantholder, to:

Amazon.com, Inc.
410 Terry Avenue North
Seattle, WA 98109-5210
Attn:General Counsel
Fax:(206) 266-7010

with a copy to (which copy alone shall not constitute notice):

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
1888 Century Park East, Suite 2100
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Attn:Eric M. Krautheimer
Fax:(212) 558-3588
Email:krautheimere@sullcrom.com

19.Entire Agreement

.  This Warrant and the form attached hereto, the Investment Agreement, the other Transaction Documents and the Confidentiality Agreement (as defined in the Investment Agreement) constitute the entire agreement, and supersede all other prior agreements, understandings, representations and warranties, both written and oral, between the parties, with respect to the subject matter hereof.

20.Specific Performance

.  The parties agree that failure of any party to perform its agreements and covenants hereunder, including a party’s failure to take all actions as are necessary on such party’s part in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Warrant to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, will cause irreparable injury to the other party, for which monetary damages, even if available, will not be an adequate remedy.  It is agreed that the parties shall be entitled to equitable relief including injunctive relief and specific performance of the terms hereof, without the requirement of posting a bond or other security, and each party hereby consents to the issuance of injunctive relief by any court of competent jurisdiction to compel performance of a party’s obligations and to the granting by any court of the remedy of specific performance of

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such party’s obligations hereunder, this being in addition to any other remedies to which the parties are entitled at law or equity.

21.Limitation of Liability.  No provision hereof, in the absence of any affirmative action by the Warrantholder to exercise this Warrant to purchase Warrant Shares, and no enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of Warrantholder, shall give rise to any liability of the Warrantholder, in its capacity as such, for the purchase price of any Common Stock or as a stockholder of the Corporation, whether such liability is asserted by the Corporation or by creditors of the Corporation.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Warrant to be duly executed by a duly authorized officer.

Dated: March 27, 2019

ATLAS AIR WORLDWIDE HOLDINGS, INC.

 

By:  /s/ Spencer Schwartz

Name:  Spencer Schwartz

Title:    EVP, CFO

 

Acknowledged and Agreed

AMAZON.COM, INC.

 

By:  /s/ Peter Krawiec

Name:  Peter Krawiec

Title:    Vice President

 

 

 

[Signature Page to Warrant]


Annex A

[Form of Notice of Vesting]

Date:

TO: Amazon.com, Inc.

RE: Notice of Vesting Event

Reference is made to that certain Warrant to Purchase Common Stock, dated as of March 27, 2019 (the “Warrant”), issued to Amazon.com, Inc., representing a warrant to purchase 6,632,576 shares of common stock of Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc.  (the “Corporation”).  Capitalized terms used herein without definition are used as defined in the Warrant.

The undersigned hereby delivers notice to you that a Vesting Date occurred on __________________, 20___ under the terms of the Warrant with respect to the number of Warrant Shares set forth below.

 

A.

Vesting.  As of the Vesting Date referenced above, _________ Vesting Events have occurred since the immediately preceding Vesting Date.  As of the Vesting Date referenced above and since the later of the Issue Date and the immediately preceding Vesting Date, the aggregate amount that the Corporation and/or its Affiliates have received from Amazon and/or its Affiliates in connection with one or more transactions (including payments from third parties to the Corporation and/or its Affiliates in respect of any Charters (as defined in the A&R ATSA) pursuant to the A&R ATSA, all of which payments have been deemed to be payments by Amazon and/or Affiliates to the Corporation and/or its Affiliates for purposes of vesting hereunder subject to clause (b) below), (a) other than (x) for the leasing and operation of the Existing Aircraft (as defined in the A&R ATSA) leased by Amazon and/or one of its Affiliates and operated by the Corporation or a Corporation provider pursuant to the A&R ATSA and (y) payments received as reimbursements of costs incurred by the Corporation and/or its Affiliates on behalf of Amazon and/or its Affiliates pursuant to Section 2.6 of the A&R ATSA (exclusive of any markup above actual cost by the Corporation and/or its Affiliates) and (b) in the case of Charters, net of any amounts related to fuel and any commissions or other remuneration paid by the Corporation and/or its Affiliates to Amazon and/or its Affiliates, is:

 

$_______________.

 

B.

Vested Warrant Shares.  After giving effect to the vesting referenced in Paragraph A above, the aggregate number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrant that have vested under the terms of the Warrant is:

 

________________.

 

C.

Exercised Warrant Shares.  The aggregate number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrant that have been exercised as of the date hereof is:

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________________.

 

D.

Unexercised Warrant Shares.  After giving effect to the vesting  referenced in Paragraph A above, the aggregate number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrant that have vested but remain unexercised under the Warrant is:

 

________________.

 

[Signature Follows]


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ATLAS AIR WORLDWIDE HOLDINGS, INC.

 

By:  

 

Name:  

 

Title:  

 

 

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Annex B

[Form of Notice of Exercise]

Date:

TO: Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc.

RE: Election to Purchase Common Stock

The undersigned, pursuant to the provisions set forth in the attached Warrant, hereby agrees to subscribe for and purchase the number of shares of Common Stock set forth below covered by such Warrant.  The undersigned, in accordance with Section 3 of the Warrant, hereby agrees to pay the aggregate Exercise Price for such shares of Common Stock.  A new warrant evidencing the remaining shares of Common Stock covered by such Warrant, but not yet subscribed for and purchased, if any, should be issued in the name of the Warrantholder.

Number of shares of Common Stock with respect to which the Warrant is being exercised (including shares to be withheld as payment of the Exercise Price pursuant to Section 3(ii), if any):

______________________________________

Method of Payment of Exercise Price (note if cashless exercise pursuant to Section 3(ii)(B)(ii) of the Warrant or cash exercise pursuant to Section 3(ii)(B)(i) of the Warrant):

______________________________________

Aggregate Exercise Price: ______________________________________

Holder:  

By:  

Name:  

Title:  

 

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Exhibit 10.4

 

ATLAS AIR WORLDWIDE HOLDINGS, INC.

2019 LONG TERM CASH INCENTIVE PROGRAM

 

 


 

ATLAS AIR WORLDWIDE HOLDINGS, INC.

2019 LONG TERM CASH INCENTIVE PROGRAM

Section 1.Purpose.

The purpose of the Program is to set forth certain terms and conditions governing cash awards made under Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc.’s (“AAWW”) 2018 Incentive Plan (the “Plan”).  The Program shall be treated for all purposes as a sub-plan or arrangement for the grant of Cash Awards under the Plan and shall be subject to the Plan, which is incorporated herein by reference. The Program shall be effective as of January 1, 2019, and shall be applicable for the 2019-2021 Performance Period.  Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meanings given in the Plan.

Section 2.Definitions.

2.1.Award shall mean an opportunity to earn benefits under the Program.

2.2.Board shall mean the Board of Directors of AAWW.

2.3.Beneficiary shall mean a Participant’s beneficiary designated pursuant to Section 8.

2.4.Code shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

2.5.Committee shall mean the Compensation Committee of the Board.

2.6.Company shall mean AAWW or its subsidiaries.

2.7.Eligible Participant shall mean any of the Chief Executive Officer, President, Executive Vice Presidents, Senior Vice Presidents, Vice Presidents and Staff Vice Presidents of the Company, and such other Company officers as may from time to time be designated by the Committee.

2.8.Participant shall mean any Eligible Participant during such Eligible Participant’s period of participation in the Program.

2.9.Performance Period shall mean January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2021.

 


 

2.10.Program shall mean this Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. 2018 Long Term Cash Incentive Program, as it may be amended from time to time.

Section 3.Administration.

The Program shall be administered by the Committee in accordance with and subject to the provisions of Section 3 of the Plan.

Section 4.Participation.

Each individual who is employed as an Eligible Participant on the first day of the Performance Period shall participate in the Program.  An individual who first becomes employed as an Eligible Participant on or prior to September 30, 2019 may participate in the Program in the discretion of the Committee (or, in the case of officers below the level of Senior Vice President, its delegate).  An individual employed by the Company, including an Eligible Participant, may be awarded incentive compensation outside the Program in lieu of or in addition to Awards, if any, under the Program.

Section 5.Determination of Awards.

5.1.Target Bonus Award.  The target cash bonus payable under an Award for the Performance Period will be the amount established by the Committee (or, in the case of officers below the level of Senior Vice President, its delegate) for each Participant classification (the “Target Bonus Amount”).

5.2.Performance Measures.  Payment of an Award is conditioned upon written certification by the Committee of satisfaction of the achievement of certain internal ROIC and EBITDA Growth levels, as may be modified by Comparative TSR attainment, as described below (the “Performance Criteria”) during the Performance Period.  The actual amount payable pursuant to an Award (the “Payable Amount”) shall be determined in accordance with Annex A hereto (the “Performance Plan Schedule”).  In no event shall the Payable Amount exceed, for any Participant, the maximum amount specified in Section 4(c) of the Plan.

(1)“ROIC” for the Company shall be an average of the Company’s actual ROIC for 2019, 2020 and 2021 and shall mean a fraction where the numerator is NOPAT and the denominator is Average Invested Capital.  “NOPAT” is defined as adjusted operating income, as included in the Company’s press release, minus Cash Tax Paid as reported in the SEC Form 10-K.  “Average Invested Capital” is defined as the average of the beginning and ending Invested Capital during the year.  “Invested Capital” is defined as capital lease obligations, plus short-and long-term debt, plus total stockholders equity, minus an amount equal to cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and short-term investments.  Invested Capital shall exclude investment amounts associated with aircraft acquisition until the first time that such aircraft is flown under a customer contract, at which time all amounts accrued

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with respect to such aircraft shall be considered in the Average Invested Capital calculation from such date.  Invested Capital shall be reduced by the amount of any investments held in the Company’s direct or indirect debt securities that remain outstanding and that have not otherwise been defeased.

(2)“EBITDA” for the Company shall mean adjusted income from continuing operations, before interest, income taxes, depreciation expense and amortization expense as included in the Company’s press release.  “EBITDA Growth” shall be calculated by averaging the percentage increase or decrease in EBITDA for each of the three years ended December 31 in the Performance Period.  EBITDA increase or decrease for each twelve month period shall be calculated by subtracting EBITDA for the twelve months ended December 31 for the prior year from EBITDA for the twelve months ended December 31 for the current year and dividing the resulting difference in EBITDA by the EBITDA for the twelve months ended December 31 for the prior year.

(3)In the calculation of EBITDA Growth and NOPAT, amounts objectively demonstrated to be attributable to the following items will not be taken into account: (i) any benefit or detriment resulting from changes in the Company’s financial reporting (including but not limited to changes in accounting principles) or from statutory changes in federal, state or foreign income tax rates; (ii) any aggregate costs in excess of $500,000 for business initiatives not specified in the Company’s operating plans; (iii) any costs related to retention, recruitment, or termination of executive officers; (iv) any costs related to collective bargaining, other labor negotiations, grievances, union motivated work disruptions determined to be in violation of the preliminary injunction issued by the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia on November 30, 2017, or other disputes including labor unions in excess of the Company’s operating plans; and (v) any costs or the payment of any fines, penalties, deposits or settlement amounts in connection with (A) foreign or domestic antitrust investigations and related lawsuits, (B) Brazilian customs or labor claims or investigations, or (C) environmental, regulatory or compliance matters (including any related compliance or other costs or actions) resulting from changes in applicable law or otherwise.  These adjustments shall be made on a pre-tax basis. The ROIC ratio will exclude the unconsolidated results of Polar Air Cargo Worldwide, Inc.

(4)“Comparative TSR” shall mean the Absolute TSR, on a percentile basis, of the Company relative to the Absolute TSR of the component companies of the Comparator Group set forth in Annex A hereto, in each case measured over the applicable Performance Period, as reasonably determined by the Committee.

(5)“Absolute TSR” shall mean, on a percentage basis, with respect to the Company or any component company of the Comparator Group set forth in Annex A hereto, the price appreciation of such entity’s common stock plus the value of reinvested dividends, calculated using the average closing price for the 20 consecutive trading days ending immediately prior to the first day of the relevant period and the 20 consecutive trading days ending immediately prior to and including the last day of the relevant period, as reasonably determined by the Committee.

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Section 6.Payment of Awards under this Program.

6.1.General.  A Participant will be entitled to receive payment, if any, under an Award if the Participant’s Employment continues through December 31, 2021, subject to this Section 6 and Section 7.  A Participant will receive an Award in the manner and at the times set forth in Sections 6.2, 6.3, 6.4 and Section 7.

6.2.Time of Payment.  In connection with the completion of performance, the Committee shall certify whether and at what level the Performance Criteria have been achieved.  For the purposes of this Program, the term “Determination Date” means the date in 2022 on which the Committee makes such certification. Any Payable Amount for an Award for the Performance Period shall be paid by the Company within two weeks following the Determination Date, but in no event later than March 15, 2022.

6.3.Form of Payment.  All Payable Amounts for an Award shall be paid in cash.

6.4.Termination of Employment.

(a)General.  Except as provided otherwise in this Section 6.4 or Section 7, a Participant whose Employment terminates for any reason prior to the last day of the Performance Period shall forfeit such Award.

(b)Termination by Reason of Death or Disability; Termination by the Company Not For Cause.  In the event of the termination of the Participant’s Employment (i) due to death, (ii) by the Company by reason of the Participant’s Disability (as defined below), or (iii) by reason of an involuntary termination by the Company not for Cause (as defined below), in each case occurring after January 1, 2019, but before the end of the Performance Period and before the occurrence of a Change in Control of the Company (as defined below), the portion of the Award that will be payable is calculated by dividing the number of days from January 1, 2019 until the date of such termination of Employment, by the total number of days in the Performance Period, and multiplying that fraction by the Payable Amount.  Subject to Section 7, the reduced (prorated) Payable Amount, if any (calculated as provided in Section 5.2) shall not be payable until after the Determination Date in accordance with Section 6.2 above.

(c)Definitions.  For purposes of this Program:

(1) A termination of Employment shall be deemed to be by reason of “Disability” if immediately prior to such termination of Employment, the Participant shall have been continuously disabled from performing the duties assigned to the Participant for a period of not less than six consecutive calendar months, in which case such

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Disability shall be deemed to have commenced on the date following the end of such six consecutive calendar month period; and

(2) “Cause” shall mean (i) the Participant’s refusal or failure (other than during periods of illness or disability) to perform the Participant’s material duties and responsibilities to the Company, (ii) the conviction or plea of guilty or nolo contendere of the Participant in respect of any felony, other than a motor vehicle offense, (iii) the commission of any act which causes material injury to the reputation, business or business relationships of the Company including, without limitation, any breach of written policies of the Company with respect to trading in securities, (iv) any other act of fraud, including, without limitation, misappropriation, theft or embezzlement, or (v) a violation of any applicable material policy of the Company, including, without limitation, a violation of the laws against workplace discrimination.

(d)Retirement of the Chief Executive Officer.  In the event of a termination of Employment of the Chief Executive Officer of the Company (the “Chief Executive Officer”) by reason of the Chief Executive Officer’s Retirement (as defined below) occurring after the date hereof and before the end of the Performance Period and before the occurrence of a Change in Control of the Company, the Payable Amount shall be payable as if the Chief Executive Officer’s Employment had continued during the entire Performance Period.  Subject to Section 7, the Payable Amount, if any (calculated as provided in Section 5.2) shall not be delivered until after the Determination Date.  For purposes of this Program, “Retirement” shall mean a termination of the Chief Executive Officer’s Employment with the Company for any reason other than Cause on or after the Chief Executive Officer’s attainment of age sixty (60) and ten (10) years of service with the Company; provided, however, that a voluntary resignation from Employment shall not be considered Retirement for purposes of the Program unless (1) the Chief Executive Officer shall have given not less than six (6) months’ advance written notice of such proposed retirement to the Chair of the Board (or such lesser period of notice as may be determined by the Board) and (2) a majority of the members of the Board (disregarding the Chief Executive Officer’s membership on the Board for these purposes) has approved such proposed retirement as a Retirement entitling the Chief Executive Officer to vesting under this Section 6.4(d) or Section 7, as applicable.

(e)Other Terminations of Employment.  Except as provided in this Section 6.4 or in Section 7, any termination of Employment of the Participant occurring prior to the end of the Performance Period (including a termination of Employment initiated by the Company or the Participant) shall result in the immediate and automatic termination and forfeiture of the Award.

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Section 7.Change in Control.

7.1.Vesting; Determination of Payable Amount.  Immediately following a Change in Control of the Company (as defined below) unless in connection therewith an Award is assumed (or a substitute award granted) pursuant to Section 7(a)(1) of the Plan, if an Award is then outstanding, ROIC and EBITDA Growth shall each be deemed to have been satisfied based on assumed achievement at the maximum achievement level, and Comparative TSR shall be deemed satisfied based on actual performance over a shortened performance period ending as of (and taking into account) the Change in Control of the Company (collectively, “Deemed CIC Achievement”) and the Company shall pay to the Participant (except with respect to the Chief Executive Officer, as provided below), in full satisfaction of its obligations with respect thereto, cash in an amount equal to the Payable Amount on the basis of such Deemed CIC Achievement, within ten (10) days following the Change in Control of the Company.  Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, if in connection with the Change in Control of the Company, an Award is assumed (or a substitute award granted) pursuant to Section 7(a)(1) of the Plan, then such Award shall become payable (except with respect to the Chief Executive Officer) only if (A) the Participant’s Employment continues until the end of the Performance Period, in which case this Award will become fully payable at the end of the Performance Period, or (B) there is a Change in Control Termination before the end of the Performance Period, in which case this Award will become fully payable in connection with the Change in Control Termination.  The Company shall pay to the Participant the vested portion of the Payable Amount on the basis of the Deemed CIC Achievement within ten (10) days following the earliest of (x) the period specified in (A), (y) the time specified in (B), and (z) in the event a termination of Employment described in Section 6.4(b) has occurred prior to such Change in Control of the Company, the Change in Control of the Company.  Solely in the case of the Chief Executive Officer, in the event of a Change in Control of the Company, the Company shall pay the Payable Amount, on the basis of the Deemed CIC Achievement, upon the earliest of (1) as soon as practicable following the end of the Performance Period, but in any event no later than March 15, 2022, (2) within ten (10) days following such Change in Control of the Company, if such Change in Control of the Company occurs following a termination of the Chief Executive Officer’s Employment as described in Section 6.4(b) or Section 6.4(d), and (3) within ten (10) days following a Change in Control Termination.

7.2.Definitions.  For purposes of this Program, the following definitions shall apply:

(a)“Change in Control Termination” means the termination of a Participant’s Employment following a Change in Control of the Company (i) by the Company and its subsidiaries not for Cause, (ii) by the Participant for Good Reason, (iii) by reason of the Participant’s death or Disability, or (iv) solely in the case of the Chief Executive Officer, by reason of his Retirement which is approved by a majority of the members of the Board (disregarding the Chief Executive Officer’s membership on the Board for these purposes) in accordance with Section 6.4(d) hereof.

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(b)“Change in Control of the Company” means a “change in control event” (as that term is defined at Section 1.409A-3(i)(5) of the Treasury Regulations) with respect to the Company, which generally will include the following events, subject to such additional rules and requirements as may be set forth in the Treasury Regulations and related guidance:

(1) a transfer or issuance of stock of the Company, where stock in the Company remains outstanding after the transaction, and one person, or more than one person acting as a group (as determined under the Treasury Regulations), acquires ownership of stock in the Company that, together with stock held by such person or group, constitutes more than 50% of the total fair market value or total voting power of the stock of the Company (however, if a person or group is considered to own more than 50% of the total fair market value or 30% of the total voting power of the stock of the Company, the acquisition of additional stock by the same person or group will not be considered a change in control for purposes of this Section 7);

(2) the acquisition by a person or group, during the 12-month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such person or group, of ownership of stock possessing 30% or more of the total voting power of the Company (however, if a person or group is considered to control the Company within the meaning of this sentence (i.e., owns stock of the Company possessing 30% or more of the total voting power of the Company), then the acquisition of additional control will not be considered a change in control for purposes of this Section 7);

(3) the replacement of a majority of members of the Board during any 12-month period by directors whose appointment or election is not endorsed by a majority of the members of the Board before the appointment or election; or

(4) the acquisition by a person or group, during the 12-month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such person or group, of assets from the Company that have a total gross fair market value equal to or more than 40% of the total gross fair market value of all the assets of the Company, as determined under the Treasury Regulations (however, a transfer of assets to certain related persons, as provided under the Treasury Regulations, or to an entity that is controlled by the shareholders of the Company immediately after the transfer, will not be considered a change in control for purposes of this Section 7).

(c)“Good Reason” means (i) a material reduction in a Participant’s duties and responsibilities from those of the Participant’s most recent position with the Company, (ii) a reduction of a Participant’s aggregate salary, benefits and other compensation (including incentive opportunity) from that which the Participant was most recently entitled during Employment with the Company other than in connection with a reduction as part of a general reduction applicable to all similarly-situated

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Participants of the Company, or (iii) a relocation of a Participant to a position that is located greater than 40 miles from the location of such Participant’s most recent principal location of Employment; provided, however, that a Participant will be treated as having resigned for Good Reason only if he or she provides the Company with a notice of termination within 90 days of the initial existence of one of the conditions described above, following which the Company shall have 30 days from the receipt of the notice of termination to cure the event specified in the notice of termination and, if the Company fails to so cure the event, the Participant must terminate his or her Employment not later than 30 days following the end of such cure period.

Section 8.Beneficiary Designation.

8.1.Designation and Change of Designation.  Each Participant shall file with the Company a written designation of one or more persons as the Beneficiary who shall be entitled to receive the Award, if any, payable under the Program upon the Participant’s death.  A Participant may, from time to time, revoke or change his Beneficiary designation without the consent of any prior Beneficiary by filing a new designation with the Company.  The last such designation received by the Company shall be controlling; provided, however, that no designation, or change or revocation thereof, shall be effective unless received by the Company prior to the Participant’s death, and in no event shall it be effective as of any date prior to such receipt.

8.2.Absence of Valid Designation.  If no such Beneficiary designation is in effect at the time of a Participant’s death, or if no designated Beneficiary survives the Participant, or if such designation conflicts with law, the Participant’s estate shall be deemed to have been designated as the Participant’s Beneficiary and shall receive the payment of the amount, if any, payable under the Program upon the Participant’s death.  If the Company is in doubt as to the right of any person to receive such amount, the Company may retain such amount, without liability for any interest thereon, until the rights thereto are determined, or the Company may pay such amount into any court of appropriate jurisdiction and such payment shall be a complete discharge of the liability of the Program and the Company therefor.

Section 9.General Provisions.

9.1.Program to be Unfunded.  The Program is intended to constitute an unfunded incentive compensation arrangement.  Nothing contained in the Program, and no action taken pursuant to the Program, shall create or be construed to create a trust of any kind.  A Participant’s right to receive an Award shall be no greater than the right of an unsecured general creditor of the Company.  All Awards shall be paid from the general funds of the Company, and no special or separate fund shall be established and no segregation of assets shall be made to assure payment of such Awards.  There shall not vest in any Participant or Beneficiary any right, title, or interest in and to any specific assets of the Company.

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9.2.Section 409A of the Code.  Awards under the Program are intended to be exempt from, or comply with, the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and shall be construed and administered accordingly.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Program, if at the time of the Participant’s termination of employment, the Participant is a “specified employee,” as defined below, any and all amounts payable under this Program on account of such separation from service that constitute deferred compensation and would (but for this provision) be payable within six (6) months following the date of termination, shall instead be paid on the next business day following the expiration of such six (6) month period or, if earlier, upon the Participant’s death; except (A) to the extent of amounts that do not constitute a deferral of compensation within the meaning of Section 1.409A-1(b) of the Treasury Regulations, as determined by the Company in its reasonable good faith discretion or (B) other amounts or benefits that are not subject to the requirements of Section 409A.  For purposes of this Program, all references to “termination of employment” and correlative phrases shall be construed to require a “separation from service” (as defined in Section 1.409A-1(h) of the Treasury Regulations after giving effect to the presumptions contained therein), and the term “specified employee” means an individual determined by the Company to be a specified employee under Section 1.409A-1(i) of the Treasury Regulations.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Program, neither the Company, nor any affiliate, nor the Committee, nor any person acting on behalf of the Company, any affiliate, or the Committee, shall be liable to any Participant or to the estate or beneficiary of any Participant or to any other holder of an Award by reason of any acceleration of income, or any additional tax, asserted by reason of the failure of an Award to be exempt from the requirements of Section 409A or by reason of Section 4999 of the Code; provided, that nothing in this Section 9.2 shall limit the ability of the Committee or the Company to provide by separate express written agreement with a Participant for a gross-up payment or other payment in connection with any such tax or additional tax.

9.3.Section 280G of the Code.  Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement or any other agreement, contract, or understanding entered into by any Participant with the Company or any of its subsidiaries, in the event that it is determined by the reasonable computation by a nationally recognized certified public accounting firm that shall be selected by the Company (the “Accountant”) that the aggregate amount of the payments, distributions, benefits and entitlements of any type payable by the Company or any subsidiary to or for a Participant’s benefit under this Agreement or any other formal or informal plan or other arrangement, contract or understanding (including any payment, distribution, benefit or entitlement made by any person or entity effecting a change of control), in each case, that could be considered “parachute payments” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code (such payments, the “Parachute Payments”) that, but for this Section 9.3 would be payable to the Participant, exceeds the greatest amount of Parachute Payments that could be paid to the Participant without giving rise to any liability for any excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code (or any successor provision thereto) or any similar tax imposed by state or local law, or any interest or penalties with respect to such tax (such tax or taxes, together with any such interest or penalties, being hereafter collectively referred to as the “Excise Tax”), then the aggregate amount of Parachute Payments payable to the Participant shall not exceed the amount which produces the greatest after-tax benefit to the Participant after taking into account any Excise Tax to be payable by the Participant.  For the avoidance of doubt, this provision will reduce the amount of Parachute Payments otherwise payable to the Participant, if doing so would place the Participant in a better net after-tax economic position as compared with not doing so (taking

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into account the Excise Tax payable in respect of such Parachute Payments).  The Company shall reduce or eliminate the Parachute Payments by first reducing or eliminating the portion of the Parachute Payments that are payable in cash and then by reducing or eliminating the non-cash portion of the Parachute Payments, in each case in reverse order beginning with payments or benefits which are to be paid the furthest in time from the date of the Accountant’s determination.

9.4.Rights Limited.  Nothing contained in the Program shall give any Eligible Participant the right to continue in the employment of the Company, or limit the right of the Company to discharge an Eligible Participant.

9.5.Governing Law.  The Program shall be construed and governed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

9.6.Taxes.  There shall be deducted from all amounts paid under the Program all federal, state, local and other taxes required by law to be withheld with respect to such payments.

9.7.Amendment, Suspension, or Termination.  The Committee reserves the right to amend, suspend, or terminate the Program at any time.

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Exhibit 10.5

ATLAS AIR WORLDWIDE HOLDINGS, INC.
PERFORMANCE SHARE UNIT AGREEMENT

THIS PERFORMANCE SHARE UNIT AGREEMENT, dated as of February 27, 2019 (the “Agreement”), is between Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”), a Delaware corporation, and                    (the “Employee”).

WHEREAS, the Employee has been granted the following award under the Company’s 2018 Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) as of February 27, 2019 (the “Date of Grant”);

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the parties hereto agree as follows.

1.Award of Performance Share Units.  Pursuant to the provisions of the Plan, the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Employee is hereby awarded [●] performance share units (“Performance Share Units”), which constitute the right to receive, without payment by the Employee therefor, (i) up to [●] shares of Stock upon the Company’s satisfaction of certain performance criteria as described in Section 2 below (the “Unit Delivered Shares”), and (ii) the right to receive, without payment by the Employee therefor, additional shares of Stock on the same basis as the Unit Delivered Shares, equal in value (determined as hereafter provided) to the dividends, if any, which would have been paid with respect to the shares of Stock underlying the Unit Delivered Shares had such Unit Delivered Shares been issued to the Employee on the Date of Grant (the “Deferred Dividend Shares”), in each case subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and those set forth herein.  For purposes of clause (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence, the number of Deferred Dividend Shares with respect to any dividend shall be calculated as of the date on which the dividend is paid to holders of shares of Stock.  For the avoidance of doubt, no shares of Stock (including Deferred Dividend Shares) shall be payable in respect of the Unit Delivered Shares if the Unit Delivered Shares are forfeited, and no Deferred Dividend Shares shall be payable in respect of any dividend for which the record date falls on or after the date on which the Employee or other person entitled to the Unit Delivered Shares becomes the record owner of such shares of Stock for dividend record-date purposes. If the number of shares of Stock (including Deferred Dividend Shares) deliverable with respect to the Performance Share Units includes a fractional share, the value of such fractional share (determined as of the trading day immediately preceding the delivery date described in Section 2(c) or 2(e) below) shall be payable in cash in lieu of such fractional share. Except as otherwise expressly provided, all capitalized terms used herein shall have the same meaning as in the Plan.

The Unit Delivered Shares and the Deferred Dividend Shares are collectively referred to herein as the “Performance Share Award” or “this award.”

2.Vesting; Delivery of Stock; Termination of Employment.

(a)Vesting Generally.  Subject to the following provisions of this Section 2 and the other terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Performance Share Award shall become vested (meaning that the Employee shall be entitled to receive a certain number of shares of Stock (as provided in Section 2(c) or  2(e) in respect of each Performance Share Unit as

 

 


 

determined pursuant to Section 2(b)) if, and only if: (i) the Employee remains continuously employed by the Company or its subsidiaries from the date hereof until the end of the Performance Period, as defined below, (ii) there is a termination of Employment of the Employee pursuant to Section 2(d), as further provided in such Section, or (iii) the conditions of Section 2(e) are satisfied on or before the last day of the Performance Period.

(b)Determination of Number of Unit Delivered Shares Upon Satisfaction of Performance Criteria.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement but subject to Section 2(e) below, shares of Stock underlying the Performance Share Award will only become deliverable by the Company in respect of a vested Performance Share Award and only upon satisfaction of the achievement of certain internal ROIC and EBITDA Growth levels, as may be modified by Comparative TSR attainment, as described below (the “Performance Criteria”) during the period beginning January 1, 2019 and ending December 31, 2021 (the “Performance Period”).  The number of Delivered Shares and Deferred Dividend Shares in respect of each vested Performance Share Unit, if any, shall be determined in accordance with Annex A hereto (the “Performance Unit Plan Schedule”).  Performance Share Units are originally awarded on the basis of one Performance Share Unit to one Unit Delivered Share, subject to adjustment depending on the level of achievement set forth in the Performance Unit Plan Schedule.  Intermediate values between specified levels of ROIC and adjusted EBITDA, as well as the extent of any modification based on intermediate levels of Comparative TSR, are determined by straight line interpolation.

(1)“ROIC” for the Company shall be an average of the Company’s actual ROIC for 2019, 2020 and 2021 and shall mean a fraction where the numerator is NOPAT and the denominator is Average Invested Capital.  “NOPAT” is defined as adjusted operating income, as included in the Company’s press release, minus Cash Tax Paid as reported in the SEC Form 10-K.  “Average Invested Capital” is defined as the average of the beginning and ending Invested Capital during the year.  “Invested Capital” is defined as capital lease obligations, plus short and long term debt plus total stockholders’ equity minus an amount equal to cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and short-term investments.  Invested Capital shall exclude investment amounts associated with aircraft acquisition until the first time that such aircraft is flown under a customer contract at which time all amounts accrued with respect to such aircraft shall be considered in the Average Invested Capital calculation from such date.  Invested Capital shall be reduced by the amount of any investments held in the Company’s direct or indirect debt securities that remain outstanding and that have not otherwise been defeased.

(2)“EBITDA” for the Company shall mean adjusted income from continuing operations before interest, income taxes, depreciation expense and amortization expense as included in the Company’s press release.  “EBITDA Growth” shall be calculated by averaging the percentage increase or decrease in EBITDA for each of the three years ended December 31 in the Performance Period.  EBITDA increase or decrease for each twelve month period shall be calculated by subtracting EBITDA for the twelve months ended December 31 for the prior year from EBITDA for the twelve months ended December 31 for the current year and dividing the resulting difference in EBITDA by the EBITDA for the twelve months ended December 31 for the prior year.

 


 

(3)In the calculation of EBITDA Growth and NOPAT, amounts objectively demonstrated to be attributable to the following items will not be taken into account: (i) any benefit or detriment resulting from changes in the Company’s financial reporting (including but not limited to changes in accounting principles) or from statutory changes in federal, state or foreign income tax rates; (ii) any aggregate costs in excess of $500,000 for business initiatives not specified in the Company’s operating plans; (iii) any costs related to retention, recruitment, or termination of executive officers; (iv) any costs related to collective bargaining, other labor negotiations, grievances, union motivated work disruptions determined to be in violation of the preliminary injunction issued by the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia on November 30, 2017, or other disputes including labor unions in excess of the Company’s operating plans; and (v) any costs or the payment of any fines, penalties, deposits or settlement amounts in connection with (A) foreign or domestic antitrust investigations and related lawsuits, (B) Brazilian customs or labor claims or investigations, or (C) environmental, regulatory or compliance matters (including any related compliance or other costs or actions) resulting from changes in applicable law or otherwise.  The ROIC ratio will exclude the unconsolidated results of Polar Air Cargo Worldwide, Inc.  Adjustments under this paragraph will be made on a pre-tax basis.

(4)“Comparative TSR” shall mean, on a percentile basis, the Absolute TSR of the Company relative to the Absolute TSR of the component companies of the Comparator Group set forth in Annex A hereto, in each case measured over the applicable Performance Period, as reasonably determined by the Committee.

(5)“Absolute TSR” shall mean, on a percentage basis, with respect to the Company or any component company of the Comparator Group set forth in Annex A hereto, the price appreciation of such entity’s common stock plus the value of reinvested dividends, calculated using the average closing price for the 20 consecutive trading days ending immediately prior to the first day of the relevant period and the 20 consecutive trading days ending immediately prior to and including the last day of the relevant period, as reasonably determined by the Committee.

(c)Delivery of Unit Delivered Shares.  In connection with the completion of performance, the Committee shall certify whether and at what level the Performance Criteria have been achieved.  For the purposes of this Agreement, the term “Determination Date” means the date in 2022 on which the Committee makes such certification.  Subject to the terms of this Agreement and satisfaction of any withholding tax liability pursuant to Section 5 hereof, as soon as reasonably practicable following the Determination Date, but in any event no later than March  15, 2022, the Company shall deliver to the Employee a certificate or certificates or shall credit the Employee’s account so as to evidence the number of Unit Delivered Shares and Deferred Dividend Shares, if any, to which the Employee is entitled hereunder, as calculated in accordance with Section 2(b) above.

(d)Death, Disability, Involuntary Termination not for Cause or Retirement.

(1)In the event of the termination of the Employee’s Employment (i) due to death, (ii) by the Company by reason of the Employee’s Disability (as defined below) or (iii) by reason of an involuntary termination by the Company not for Cause, in each case occurring after

 


 

the date hereof, but before the end of the Performance Period and before the occurrence of a Change in Control of the Company (as defined below), the portion of the Performance Share Award that will vest shall be calculated by dividing the number of days from January 1, 2019 until the date of such termination, by the total number of days in the Performance Period, multiplied by the number of Unit Delivered Shares and Deferred Dividend Shares in respect of each Performance Share Unit, if any, earned on the basis of actual achievement level of the Performance Criteria in the Performance Unit Plan Schedule.

(2)In the event of a termination of Employment by reason of the Employee’s Retirement (as defined below) occurring after the date hereof and before the end of the Performance Period and before the occurrence of a Change in Control of the Company, the Performance Share Award will vest in full, in respect of each Performance Share Unit, if any, earned on the basis of actual achievement level of the Performance Criteria in the Performance Plan Schedule.

(3)Any former Employee, upon Disability, involuntary termination by the Company not for Cause or Retirement, or the estate of an Employee, upon death, will continue to hold the vested portion of the Performance Share Award, subject to the restrictions and all terms and conditions of this Agreement, until delivery of Shares pursuant to Section 2(c).  Subject to Section 2(e), the appropriate number of Unit Delivered Shares and Deferred Dividend Shares, if any (calculated as provided in Section 2(b)) shall not be delivered until the completion of the Performance Period and the Determination Date.

(4)Definitions.  For purposes of this Agreement:

 

(a)

A termination of Employment shall be deemed to be by reason of “Disability” if immediately prior to such termination of Employment, the Employee shall have been continuously disabled from performing the duties assigned to the Employee for a period of not less than six consecutive calendar months, in which case such Disability shall be deemed to have commenced on the date following the end of such six consecutive calendar month period;

 

(b)

“Cause” shall mean (i) the Employee’s refusal or failure (other than during periods of illness or disability) to perform the Employee’s material duties and responsibilities to the Company or its subsidiaries, (ii) the conviction or plea of guilty or nolo contendere of the Employee in respect of any felony, other than a motor vehicle offense, (iii) the commission of any act which causes material injury to the reputation, business or business relationships of the Company or any of its subsidiaries including, without limitation, any breach of written policies of the Company with respect to trading in securities, (iv) any other act of fraud, including, without limitation, misappropriation, theft or embezzlement, or (v) a violation of any applicable material policy of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, including, without limitation, a violation of the laws against workplace discrimination; and

 


 

 

(c)

“Retirement” shall mean a termination of the Employee’s Employment with the Company for any reason other than Cause on or after the Employee’s attainment of age sixty (60) and ten (10) years of service with the Company; provided, however, that a voluntary resignation from Employment shall not be considered Retirement for purposes of this Agreement unless (1) the Employee shall have given not less than six (6) months’ advance written notice of such proposed retirement to the Chair of the Board (or such lesser period of notice as may be determined by the Board) and (2) a majority of the members of the Board (disregarding the Employee’s membership on the Board for these purposes) has approved such proposed retirement as a Retirement entitling the Employee to vesting under Section 2(d)(2) or Section 2(e)(1), as applicable.

(e)Change in Control.

(1)Immediately following a Change in Control of the Company, unless in connection therewith this award is assumed (or a substitute award granted) pursuant to Section 7(a)(1) of the Plan, if this award is then outstanding, ROIC and EBITDA Growth shall each be deemed to have been satisfied based on assumed achievement at the maximum achievement level, and Comparative TSR shall be deemed satisfied based on actual performance over a shortened performance period ending as of (and taking into account) the Change in Control of the Company (collectively, “Deemed CIC Achievement”) and this award shall be deemed fully vested on such basis and the vested portion of the Unit Delivered Shares and Deferred Dividend Shares underlying this award shall be delivered or paid to the Employee, subject to Section 2(c) above, upon the earliest of (x) as soon as practicable following the end of the Performance Period, but in any event no later than March 15, 2022, (y) within ten (10) days following such Change in Control of the Company, if such Change in Control of the Company occurs following a termination of Employment described in Section 2(d)(1) or Section 2(d)(2), and (z) within ten (10) days following a Change in Control Termination.  Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, if in connection with the Change in Control of the Company, this award is assumed (or a substitute award granted) pursuant to Section 7(a)(1) of the Plan, this award shall become vested only if (A) the Employee’s Employment continues until the end of the Performance Period, in which case this award will become fully vested at the end of the Performance Period, or (B) there is a Change in Control Termination before the end of the Performance Period, in which case this award will become fully vested in connection with the Change in Control Termination.  The vested portion of the Unit Delivered Shares and Deferred Dividend Shares underlying this award, determined on the basis of the Deemed CIC Achievement, shall be delivered or paid to the Employee within ten (10) days following the earliest of (i) the vesting described in (A), (ii) the vesting described in (B) and (iii) in the event a termination of Employment described in Section 2(d)(1) or Section 2(d)(2) has occurred prior to such Change in Control of the Company, such Change in Control of the Company.

(2)For purposes of this Agreement, the following definitions shall apply:

 

(a)

“Change in Control Termination” means the termination of an Employee’s Employment following a Change in Control of the Company (i) by the Company and its subsidiaries not for Cause, (ii) by the Employee for

 


 

 

Good Reason, (iii) by reason of the Employee’s death or Disability, (iv) or by reason of the Employee’s Retirement which is approved by a majority of the members of the Board (disregarding the Employee’s membership on the Board for these purposes) in accordance with Section 2(d)(4)(c) hereof.

 

(b)

“Change in Control of the Company” means a “change in control event” (as that term is defined at Section 1.409A-3(i)(5) of the Treasury Regulations) with respect to the Company, which generally will include the following events, subject to such additional rules and requirements as may be set forth in the Treasury Regulations and related guidance:

(i) a transfer or issuance of stock of the Company, where stock in the Company remains outstanding after the transaction, and one person, or more than one person acting as a group (as determined under the Treasury Regulations), acquires ownership of stock in the Company that, together with stock held by such person or group, constitutes more than 50% of the total fair market value or total voting power of the stock of the Company (however, if a person or group is considered to own more than 50% of the total fair market value or 30% of the total voting power of the stock of the Company, the acquisition of additional stock by the same person or group will not be considered a change in control for purposes of this Section 2(e));

(ii) the acquisition by a person or group, during the 12-month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such person or group, of ownership of stock possessing 30% or more of the total voting power of the Company (however, if a person or group is considered to control the Company within the meaning of this sentence (i.e., owns stock of the Company possessing 30% or more of the total voting power of the Company), then the acquisition of additional control will not be considered a change in control for purposes of this Section 2(e));

(iii) the replacement of a majority of members of the Company’s Board of Directors during any 12-month period by directors whose appointment or election is not endorsed by a majority of the members of the Company’s Board of Directors before the appointment or election; or

(iv) the acquisition by a person or group, during the 12-month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such person or group, of assets from the Company that have a total gross fair market value equal to or more than 40% of the total gross fair market value of all the assets of the Company, as determined under the Treasury Regulations (however, a transfer of

 


 

assets to certain related persons, as provided under the Treasury Regulations, or to an entity that is controlled by the shareholders of the Company immediately after the transfer, will not be considered a change in control for purposes of this Section 2(e)).

 

(c)

“Good Reason” means (i) a material reduction in the Employee’s duties and responsibilities from those of the Employee’s most recent position with the Company, (ii) a reduction of the Employee’s aggregate salary, benefits and other compensation (including any incentive opportunity) from that which the Employee was most recently entitled during Employment other than in connection with a reduction as part of a general reduction applicable to all similarly-situated employees of the Company, or (iii) a relocation of the Employee to a position that is located greater than 40 miles from the location of such Employee’s most recent principal location of Employment with the Company; provided, however, that the Employee will be treated as having resigned for Good Reason only if he or she provides the Company with a notice of termination within 90 days of the initial existence of one of the conditions described above, following which the Company shall have 30 days from the receipt of the notice of termination to cure the event specified in the notice of termination and, if the Company fails to so cure the event, the Employee must terminate his or her Employment not later than 30 days following the end of such cure period.

(f)Other Terminations of Employment.  Except as provided for herein or in the Plan, any termination of Employment of the Employee occurring prior to the end of the Performance Period (including a termination of Employment initiated by the Employee) shall result in the immediate and automatic termination and forfeiture of the Performance Share Award.

3.Transfer.  Any shares of Stock underlying the Performance Share Award that are delivered pursuant to Section 2 may be sold, assigned, pledged, hypothecated, encumbered, or transferred or disposed of in any other manner, in whole or in part, only in compliance with the terms, conditions and restrictions as set forth in the governing instruments of the Company, applicable federal and state securities laws or any other applicable laws or regulations and the terms and conditions hereof.  This award itself shall not be sold, assigned, pledged, hypothecated, encumbered, or transferred or disposed of in any other manner, in whole or in part.

4.Expenses of Issuance of Stock.  The issuance of stock certificates hereunder shall be without charge to the Employee.  The Company shall pay, and indemnify the Employee from and against any issuance, stamp or documentary taxes (other than transfer taxes) or other charges imposed by any governmental body, agency or official (other than taxes) by reason of the issuance of  the Stock underlying the Performance Share Award.

5.Tax Withholding.  No shares or cash will be issued or paid under this award unless the Employee pays (or makes provision acceptable to the Company for the prompt

 


 

payment of) an amount sufficient to allow the Company to satisfy its tax withholding obligations, as determined by the Company. To this end, the Employee shall either:

 

(a)

pay the Company the amount of tax to be withheld (including through payroll withholding if the Company determines that such payment method is acceptable),

 

(b)

deliver to the Company other shares of Stock owned by the Employee prior to such date having a fair market value, as determined by the Committee, not less than the amount of the withholding tax due, which either have been owned by the Employee for more than six (6) months or were not acquired, directly or indirectly, from the Company,

 

(c)

make a payment to the Company consisting of a combination of cash and such shares of Stock, or

 

(d)

request that the Company cause to be withheld a number of vested shares of Stock having a then fair market value sufficient to discharge required federal, state and local tax withholding.

In no event shall the payment or withholding of taxes be made later than the end of the payment period prescribed in Sections 2(c) or 2(e), as applicable. In the event the Employee fails to timely pay or timely elect withholding of taxes in the manner described in Section 5(a), (b), (c) or (d), the Company reserves the right to withhold cash or a number of vested shares of Stock having a then fair market value sufficient to discharge required federal, state and local tax withholding.

6.Section 409A of the Code.  Performance Share Awards granted pursuant to this Agreement are intended to be exempt from, or comply with, the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and guidance issued thereunder and shall be construed accordingly.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if at the time of the Employee’s termination of Employment, the Employee is a “specified employee,” as defined below, any and all amounts payable under this Agreement on account of such separation from service that constitute deferred compensation and would (but for this provision) be payable within six (6) months following the date of termination, shall instead be paid on the next business day following the expiration of such six (6) month period or, if earlier, upon the Employee’s death; except (A) to the extent of amounts that do not constitute a deferral of compensation within the meaning of Section 1.409A-1(b) of the Treasury Regulations, as determined by the Company in its reasonable good faith discretion or (B) other amounts or benefits that are not subject to the requirements of Section 409A.  For purposes of this Agreement, all references to “termination of employment” and correlative phrases shall be construed to require a “separation from service” (as defined in Section 1.409A-1(h) of the Treasury Regulations after giving effect to the presumptions contained therein), and the term “specified employee” means an individual determined by the Atlas to be a specified employee under Section 1.409A-1(i) of the Treasury Regulations.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither the Company, nor any subsidiary, nor the Committee, nor any person acting on behalf of the Company, any subsidiary, or the Committee, shall be liable to the Employee or to the estate or beneficiary of the Employee

 


 

by reason of any acceleration of income, or any additional tax, asserted by reason of the failure of this Agreement or any payment hereunder to satisfy the requirements of Section 409A of the Code or by reason of Section 4999 of the Code.

7.Section 280G of the Code.  Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement or any other agreement, contract, or understanding entered into by the Employee with the Company or any of its subsidiaries, in the event that it is determined by the reasonable computation by a nationally recognized certified public accounting firm that shall be selected by the Company (the “Accountant”) that the aggregate amount of the payments, distributions, benefits and entitlements of any type payable by the Company or any subsidiary to or for the Employee’s benefit under this Agreement or any other formal or informal plan or other arrangement, contract or understanding (including any payment, distribution, benefit or entitlement made by any person or entity effecting a change of control), in each case, that could be considered “parachute payments” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code (such payments, the “Parachute Payments”) that, but for this Section 7 would be payable to the Employee, exceeds the greatest amount of Parachute Payments that could be paid to the Employee without giving rise to any liability for any excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code (or any successor provision thereto) or any similar tax imposed by state or local law, or any interest or penalties with respect to such tax (such tax or taxes, together with any such interest or penalties, being hereafter collectively referred to as the “Excise Tax”), then the aggregate amount of Parachute Payments payable to the Employee shall not exceed the amount which produces the greatest after-tax benefit to the Employee after taking into account any Excise Tax to be payable by the Employee.  For the avoidance of doubt, this provision will reduce the amount of Parachute Payments otherwise payable to the Employee, if doing so would place the Employee in a better net after-tax economic position as compared with not doing so (taking into account the Excise Tax payable in respect of such Parachute Payments).  The Company shall reduce or eliminate the Parachute Payments by first reducing or eliminating the portion of the Parachute Payments that are payable in cash and then by reducing or eliminating the non-cash portion of the Parachute Payments, in each case in reverse order beginning with payments or benefits which are to be paid the furthest in time from the date of the Accountant’s determination.

8.References.  References herein to rights and obligations of the Employee shall apply, where appropriate, to the Employee’s legal representative or estate without regard to whether specific reference to such legal representative or estate is contained in a particular provision of this Agreement.

9.Notices.  Any notice required or permitted to be given under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given when delivered personally or by courier, or sent by certified or registered mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, duly addressed to the party concerned at the address indicated below or to such changed address as such party may subsequently by similar process give notice of:

If to the Company:

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc.
2000 Westchester Avenue

 


 

Purchase, New York 10577
Attention:  General Counsel

If to the Employee:

At the Employee’s most recent address shown on the Company’s corporate records, or at any other address which the Employee may specify in a notice delivered to the Company in the manner set forth herein.

10.Governing Law.  This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to principles of conflicts of laws of any jurisdiction which would cause the application of law, other than the State of New York, to be applied.

11.Rights of a Stockholder.  The Employee shall have no right to transfer, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise encumber such Unit Delivered Shares or Deferred Dividend Shares.  Once the Unit Delivered Shares and Deferred Dividend Shares vest and the shares of Stock underlying those units or shares have been delivered, but not until such time and only with respect to the shares of Stock so delivered, the Employee shall have the rights of a stockholder, including, but not limited to, the right to vote and to receive dividends.

12.No Right to Continued Employment.  This Performance Share Award shall not confer upon the Employee any right with respect to continuance of employment by the Company nor shall this Performance Share Award interfere with the right of the Company to terminate the Employee’s employment at any time.

13.Provisions of the Plan.  This Agreement and the awards and grants set forth herein shall be subject to and shall be governed by the terms set forth in the Plan, a copy of which has been furnished to the Employee and which is incorporated by reference into this Agreement.  In the event of any conflict between this Agreement and the Plan, the Plan shall control.

14.Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in two counterparts, each of which shall constitute one and the same instrument.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Performance Share Unit Agreement as of the date first above written.

ATLAS AIR WORLDWIDE HOLDINGS, INC.

By:          

 

Name:

Adam R. Kokas

 

Title:

Executive Vice President & General Counsel

EMPLOYEE

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.6

ATLAS AIR WORLDWIDE HOLDINGS, INC.
RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AGREEMENT

THIS RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AGREEMENT, dated as of February 27, 2019 (the “Agreement”), is between Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”), a Delaware corporation, and                         (the “Employee”).

WHEREAS, the Employee has been granted the following award under the Company’s 2018 Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) as of February 27, 2019 (the “Date of Grant”);

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the parties hereto agree as follows.

1.Award of Restricted Stock Units.  Pursuant to the provisions of the Plan, the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Employee is hereby awarded [●] restricted stock units (“Restricted Stock Units”), which constitute the right to receive, without payment by the Employee therefor, (i) [●] shares of Stock (the “Unit Delivered Shares”), and (ii) the right to receive, without payment by the Employee therefor, additional shares of Stock on the same basis as the Unit Delivered Shares, equal in value (determined as hereafter provided) to the dividends, if any, which would have been paid with respect to the shares of Stock underlying the Unit Delivered Shares had such Unit Delivered Shares been issued to the Employee on the Date of Grant (the “Deferred Dividend Shares”), in each case subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and those set forth herein.  For purposes of clause (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence, the number of Deferred Dividend Shares with respect to any dividend shall be calculated as of the date on which the dividend is paid to holders of shares of Stock.  For the avoidance of doubt, no shares of Stock (including Deferred Dividend Shares) shall be payable in respect of the Unit Delivered Shares if the Unit Delivered Shares are forfeited, and no Deferred Dividend Shares shall be payable in respect of any dividend for which the record date falls on or after the date on which the Employee or other person entitled to the Unit Delivered Shares becomes the record owner of such shares of Stock for dividend record-date purposes. If the number of shares of Stock (including Deferred Dividend Shares) deliverable with respect to the Restricted Stock Units includes a fractional share, the value of such fractional share (determined as of the trading day immediately preceding the delivery date described in Section 2(d) below) shall be payable in cash in lieu of such fractional share.  Except as otherwise expressly provided, all capitalized terms used herein shall have the same meaning as in the Plan.

The Unit Delivered Shares and the Deferred Dividend Shares are collectively referred to herein as the “Award” or “this award.”

2.Vesting of Award; Delivery of Stock, Termination of Employment.  Unless otherwise provided by the Committee, the Award under this Agreement shall be subject to the vesting schedule in this Section 2.

(a)Vesting; Delivery of Shares.

(1)Subject to the following provisions of this Section 2 and the other terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Award shall become vested (meaning that the Employee

 


 

shall be entitled to receive a certain number of shares of Stock as provided in Section 2(a)(3) or Section 2(c)) on the basis of one Restricted Stock Unit to one share of Stock, and any related Deferred Dividend Shares shall become vested only upon the vesting of the underlying Restricted Stock Unit.  The Award will vest in three annual installments as follows:

[●] Restricted Stock Units shall vest on February 27, 2020;

[●] Restricted Stock Units shall vest on February 27, 2021; and

[●] Restricted Stock Units shall vest on February 27, 2022.

(2)Except as provided in Section 2(b) and 2(c) below, in the event of termination of the Employee’s Employment prior to the applicable date above, all unvested Restricted Stock Units shall immediately and automatically terminate and be forfeited (and no shares of Stock in respect of such Award that have not previously vested shall thereafter be issued).

(3) Subject to Section 2(d) below, shares of Stock will be delivered as soon as reasonably practicable following a vesting date described above, but no later than December 31 of the year in which such vesting date occurs.

(b)Death, Disability or Retirement.

(1)In the event of death or termination by the Company of the Employee’s Employment by reason of the Employee’s Disability (as defined below) occurring after the date hereof and before the occurrence of a Change in Control of the Company (as defined below), the Award shall become immediately and fully vested and shares of Stock will be delivered, subject to Section 2(d), as soon as practicable following such death or termination of Employment by reason of the Employee’s Disability, but no later than December 31 of such year.  For purposes of this Agreement, a termination of Employment shall be deemed to be by reason of “Disability” if immediately prior to such termination of Employment, the Employee shall have been continuously disabled from performing the duties assigned to the Employee for a period of not less than six consecutive calendar months, in which case such Disability shall be deemed to have commenced on the date following the end of such six consecutive calendar month period.

(2)In the event of a termination of Employment by reason of the Employee’s Retirement (as defined below) occurring after the date hereof and before the occurrence of a Change in Control of the Company, the Award shall become immediately and fully vested and shares of Stock will be delivered as soon as practicable following such Retirement, but in any event no later than December 31 of such year.  For purposes of this Agreement, “Retirement” shall mean a termination of the Employee’s Employment with the Company for any reason other than Cause on or after the Employee’s attainment of age sixty (60) and ten (10) years of service with the Company; provided, however, that a voluntary resignation from Employment shall not be considered Retirement for purposes of this Agreement unless (1) the Employee shall have given not less than six (6) months’ advance written notice of such proposed retirement to the Chair of the Board (or such lesser period of notice as may be determined by the Board) and (2) a majority of the members of the Board (disregarding the Employee’s membership on the Board

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for these purposes) has approved such proposed retirement as a Retirement entitling the Employee to vesting under this Section 2(b)(2) or Section 2(c)(1), as applicable.

(c)Change in Control.

(1)Immediately following a Change in Control of the Company, unless in connection therewith this Award is assumed (or a substitute award granted) pursuant to Section 7(a)(1) of the Plan, this Award, if then outstanding, shall vest in full and shares of Stock shall be delivered or paid to the Employee, subject to Section 2(d) below, within ten (10) days following the earlier of (x) the applicable vesting dates described in Section 2(a) above and (y) a Change in Control Termination that occurs before the last vesting date specified in Section 2(a).  Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, if in connection with the Change in Control of the Company, this Award is assumed (or a substitute award granted) pursuant to Section 7(a)(1) of the Plan, this Award shall continue to vest pursuant to its terms and shares of Stock will be delivered or paid to the Employee, subject to Section 2(d) below, within ten (10) days following the applicable vesting dates described in Section 2(a) above, except that upon a Change in Control Termination before the occurrence of the last vesting date specified in Section 2(a) above, this Award will become fully vested immediately prior to the Change in Control Termination and the corresponding shares of Stock shall be delivered or paid to the Employee, subject to Section 2(d) below, within ten (10) days following the Change in Control Termination.  

(2)Definitions.  For purposes of this Agreement, the following definitions shall apply:

 

(a)

“Cause” means (i) the Employee’s refusal or failure (other than during periods of illness or disability) to perform the Employee’s material duties and responsibilities to the Company or its subsidiaries, (ii) the conviction or plea of guilty or nolo contendere of the Employee in respect of any felony, other than a motor vehicle offense, (iii) the commission of any act which causes material injury to the reputation, business or business relationships of the Company or any of its subsidiaries including, without limitation, any breach of written policies of the Company with respect to trading in securities, (iv) any other act of fraud, including, without limitation, misappropriation, theft or embezzlement, or (v) a violation of any applicable material policy of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, including, without limitation, a violation of the laws against workplace discrimination.

 

(b)

“Change in Control Termination” means the termination of an Employee’s Employment following a Change in Control of the Company (i) by the Company and its subsidiaries not for Cause, (ii) by the Employee for Good Reason, (iii) by reason of the Employee’s death or Disability or (iv) by reason of the Employee’s Retirement which is approved by a majority of the members of the Board (disregarding the Employee’s membership on the Board for these purposes) in accordance with Section 2(b)(2) hereof.

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(c)

“Change in Control of the Company” means a “change in control event” (as that term is defined at Section 1.409A-3(i)(5) of the Treasury Regulations) with respect to the Company, which generally will include the following events, subject to such additional rules and requirements as may be set forth in the Treasury Regulations and related guidance: (i) a transfer or issuance of stock of the Company, where stock in the Company remains outstanding after the transaction, and one person, or more than one person acting as a group (as determined under the Treasury Regulations), acquires ownership of stock in the Company that, together with stock held by such person or group, constitutes more than 50% of the total fair market value or total voting power of the stock of the Company (however, if a person or group is considered to own more than 50% of the total fair market value or 30% of the total voting power of the stock of the Company, the acquisition of additional stock by the same person or group will not be considered a change in control for purposes of this Section 2(c)); (ii) the acquisition by a person or group, during the 12-month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such person or group, of ownership of stock possessing 30% or more of the total voting power of the Company (however, if a person or group is considered to control the Company within the meaning of this sentence (i.e., owns stock of the Company possessing 30% or more of the total voting power of the Company), then the acquisition of additional control will not be considered a change in control for purposes of this Section 2(c)); (iii) the replacement of a majority of members of the Company’s Board of Directors during any 12-month period by directors whose appointment or election is not endorsed by a majority of the members of the Company’s Board of Directors before the appointment or election; or (iv) the acquisition by a person or group, during the 12-month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such person or group, of assets from the Company that have a total gross fair market value equal to or more than 40% of the total gross fair market value of all the assets of the Company, as determined under the Treasury Regulations (however, a transfer of assets to certain related persons, as provided under the Treasury Regulations, or to an entity that is controlled by the shareholders of the Company immediately after the transfer, will not be considered a change in control for purposes of this Section 2(c)).

 

(d)

“Good Reason”  means (i) a material reduction in the Employee’s duties and responsibilities from those of the Employee’s most recent position with the Company, (ii) a reduction of the Employee’s aggregate salary, benefits and other compensation (including any incentive opportunity) from that which the Employee was most recently entitled during Employment other than in connection with a reduction as part of a general reduction applicable to all similarly-situated employees of the Company, or (iii) a relocation of the Employee to a position that is located greater than 40 miles from the location of such Employee’s most recent principal location of Employment with the Company; provided, however, that the

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Employee will be treated as having resigned for Good Reason only if he or she provides the Company with a notice of termination within 90 days of the initial existence of one of the conditions described above, following which the Company shall have 30 days from the receipt of the notice of termination to cure the event specified in the notice of termination and, if the Company fails to so cure the event, the Employee must terminate his or her Employment not later than 30 days following the end of such cure period.

(d)Delivery of Shares.  Subject to the terms of this Agreement and satisfaction of any withholding tax liability pursuant to Section 5 hereof, when shares of Stock are delivered, the Company shall deliver to the Employee a certificate or shall credit the Employee’s account so as to evidence the number of shares of Stock, if any, to which the Employee is entitled hereunder, as calculated in accordance with this Section 2.

3.Transfer.  Any shares of Stock that are delivered pursuant to Section 2(d) may be sold, assigned, pledged, hypothecated, encumbered, or transferred or disposed of in any other manner, in whole or in part, only in compliance with the terms, conditions and restrictions as set forth in the governing instruments of the Company, applicable federal and state securities laws or any other applicable laws or regulations and the terms and conditions hereof.  This award itself shall not be sold, assigned, pledged, hypothecated, encumbered, or transferred or disposed of in any other manner, in whole or in part.

4.Expenses of Issuance of Stock. The issuance of stock certificates hereunder shall be without charge to the Employee. The Company shall pay, and indemnify the Employee from and against any issuance, stamp or documentary taxes (other than transfer taxes) or other charges imposed by any governmental body, agency or official (other than taxes) by reason of the issuance of the Stock underlying the Award.

5.Tax Withholding.  No shares or cash will be issued or paid under this Award until the Employee pays (or makes provision acceptable to the Company for the prompt payment of) an amount sufficient to allow the Company to satisfy its tax withholding obligations, as determined by the Company. To this end, the Employee shall either:

 

(a)

pay the Company the amount of tax to be withheld (including through payroll withholding if the Company determines that such payment method is acceptable),

 

(b)

deliver to the Company other shares of Stock  owned by the Employee prior to such date having a fair market value, as determined by the Committee, not less than the amount of the withholding tax due, which either have been owned by the Employee for more than six (6) months or were not acquired, directly or indirectly, from the Company,

 

(c)

make a payment to the Company consisting of a combination of cash and such shares of Stock, or

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(d)

request that the Company cause to be withheld a number of vested shares of Stock having a then-fair market value sufficient to discharge required federal, state and local tax withholding.

In no event shall the payment or withholding of taxes be made later than the end of the payment period prescribed in Section 2(d).  In the event the Employee fails to timely pay or timely elect withholding of taxes in the manner described in Section 5(a), (b), (c) or (d), the Company reserves the right to withhold cash or a number of vested shares of Stock having a then fair market value sufficient to discharge required federal, state and local tax withholding.

6.Section 409A of the Code.  Awards granted pursuant to this Agreement are intended to be exempt from, or comply with, the requirements of Section 409A of Code and guidance issued thereunder and shall be construed accordingly.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if at the time of the Employee’s termination of Employment, the Employee is a “specified employee,” as defined below, any and all amounts payable under this Agreement on account of such separation from service that constitute deferred compensation and would (but for this provision) be payable within six (6) months following the date of termination, shall instead be paid on the next business day following the expiration of such six (6) month period or, if earlier, upon the Employee’s death; except (i) to the extent of amounts that do not constitute a deferral of compensation within the meaning of Section 1.409A-1(b) of the Treasury Regulations, as determined by the Company in its reasonable good faith discretion or (ii) other amounts or benefits that are not subject to the requirements of Section 409A.  For purposes of this Agreement, all references to “termination of employment” and correlative phrases shall be construed to require a “separation from service” (as defined in Section 1.409A-1(h) of the Treasury Regulations after giving effect to the presumptions contained therein), and the term “specified employee” means an individual determined by the Atlas to be a specified employee under Section 1.409A-1(i) of the Treasury Regulations.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither the Company, nor any subsidiary, nor the Committee, nor any person acting on behalf of the Company, any subsidiary, or the Committee, shall be liable to the Employee or to the estate or beneficiary of the Employee by reason of any acceleration of income, or any additional tax, asserted by reason of the failure of this Agreement or any payment hereunder to satisfy the requirements of Section 409A of the Code or by reason of Section 4999 of the Code.

7.Section 280G of the Code.  Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement or any other agreement, contract, or understanding entered into by the Employee with the Company or any of its subsidiaries, in the event that it is determined by the reasonable computation by a nationally recognized certified public accounting firm that shall be selected by the Company (the “Accountant”) that the aggregate amount of the payments, distributions, benefits and entitlements of any type payable by the Company or any subsidiary to or for the Employee’s benefit under this Agreement or any other formal or informal plan or other arrangement, contract or understanding (including any payment, distribution, benefit or entitlement made by any person or entity effecting a change of control), in each case, that could be considered “parachute payments” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code (such payments, the “Parachute Payments”) that, but for this Section 7 would be payable to the Employee, exceeds the greatest amount of Parachute Payments that could be paid to the Employee without giving rise to any liability for any excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the

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Code (or any successor provision thereto) or any similar tax imposed by state or local law, or any interest or penalties with respect to such tax (such tax or taxes, together with any such interest or penalties, being hereafter collectively referred to as the “Excise Tax”), then the aggregate amount of Parachute Payments payable to the Employee shall not exceed the amount which produces the greatest after-tax benefit to the Employee after taking into account any Excise Tax to be payable by the Employee.  For the avoidance of doubt, this provision will reduce the amount of Parachute Payments otherwise payable to the Employee, if doing so would place the Employee in a better net after-tax economic position as compared with not doing so (taking into account the Excise Tax payable in respect of such Parachute Payments).  The Company shall reduce or eliminate the Parachute Payments by first reducing or eliminating the portion of the Parachute Payments that are payable in cash and then by reducing or eliminating the non-cash portion of the Parachute Payments, in each case in reverse order beginning with payments or benefits which are to be paid the furthest in time from the date of the Accountant’s determination.

8.References.  References herein to rights and obligations of the Employee shall apply, where appropriate, to the Employee’s legal representative or estate without regard to whether specific reference to such legal representative or estate is contained in a particular provision of this Agreement.

9.Notices.  Any notice required or permitted to be given under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given when delivered personally or by courier, or sent by certified or registered mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, duly addressed to the party concerned at the address indicated below or to such changed address as such party may subsequently by similar process give notice of:

 

If to the Company:

 

 

 

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc.

2000 Westchester Avenue

Purchase, New York 10577

Attention: General Counsel

 

 

 

If to the Employee:

 

 

 

At the Employee’s most recent address shown on the Company’s corporate records, or at any other address which the Employee may specify in a notice delivered to the Company in the manner set forth herein

 

10.Governing Law.  This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to principles of conflicts of laws of any jurisdiction which would cause the application of law, other than the State of New York, to be applied.

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11.Rights of a Stockholder.  The Employee shall have no right to transfer, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise encumber such Unit Delivered Shares or Deferred Dividend Shares.  Once the Unit Delivered Shares and Deferred Dividend Shares vest and the shares of Stock underlying those units or shares have been delivered, but not until such time and only with respect to the shares of Stock so delivered, the Employee shall have the rights of a stockholder, including, but not limited to, the right to vote and to receive dividends.

12.No Right to Continued Employment.  This Award shall not confer upon the Employee any right with respect to continuance of employment by the Company nor shall this Award interfere with the right of the Company to terminate the Employee’s employment at any time.

13.Provisions of the Plan.  This Agreement and the awards and grants set forth herein shall be subject to and shall be governed by the terms set forth in the Plan, a copy of which has been furnished to the Employee and which is incorporated by reference into this Agreement.  In the event of any conflict between this Agreement and the Plan, the Plan shall control.

14.Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in two counterparts, each of which shall constitute one and the same instrument.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Restricted Stock Unit Agreement as of the date first above written.

ATLAS AIR WORLDWIDE HOLDINGS, INC.

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

Adam R. Kokas

 

Title:

Executive Vice President & General Counsel

 

 

 

 

 

 

EMPLOYEE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 31.1

Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of the Chief Executive Officer

I, William J. Flynn, certify that:

1.

I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc.;

2.

Based on my knowledge, this Report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this Report;

3.

Based on my knowledge, the Financial Statements, and other financial information included in this Report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this Report;

4.

The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) for the registrant and have:

a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this Report is being prepared;

b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this Report based on such evaluation; and

d) Disclosed in this Report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.

The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Dated: May 1, 2019

 

/s/ William J. Flynn

 

 

William J. Flynn

 

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

Exhibit 31.2

Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of the Chief Financial Officer

I, Spencer Schwartz, certify that:

1.

I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc.;

2.

Based on my knowledge, this Report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this Report;

3.

Based on my knowledge, the Financial Statements, and other financial information included in this Report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this Report;

4.

The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting ( as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) for the registrant and have:

a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this Report is being prepared;

b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this Report based on such evaluation; and

d) Disclosed in this Report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.

The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Dated: May 1, 2019

 

/s/ Spencer Schwartz

 

 

Spencer Schwartz

 

 

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

Exhibit 32.1

Section 1350 Certifications

Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ending March 31, 2019 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Report”), we, William J. Flynn and Spencer Schwartz, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, respectively, of the Company certify that to our knowledge:

1. the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

2. the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: May 1, 2019

 

/s/ William J. Flynn

William J. Flynn

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

/s/ Spencer Schwartz

Spencer Schwartz

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer