AGREED FORM
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ABN AMRO Bank N.V. |
CIT Aerospace International |
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ECA Loan Agreement
in respect of one (1) Airbus [** ] aircraft with manufacturer's serial number
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registration mark [** ] equipped with two [engine type] engines
Dated **
Madeleine Leasing Limited
(Borrower)
Various Financial Institutions
(as Original ECA Lenders)
ABN AMRO BANK N.V., Paris branch
(French National Agent)
ABN AMRO BANK N.V., Niederlassung Deutschland
(German National Agent)
ABN AMRO BANK N.V., London branch
(British National Agent)
ABN AMRO BANK N.V., London branch
(ECA Facility Agent)
ABN AMRO BANK N.V., London branch
(Security Trustee)
Contents
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Interpretation |
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Facility |
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Purpose |
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Conditions precedent |
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Utilisation |
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Repayment |
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Prepayment and cancellation |
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Interest |
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Market Disruption |
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Increased Costs |
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Mitigation |
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Payments |
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Information Covenants |
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Default |
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Security and Recourse |
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Changes to the Parties |
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Pro Rata Sharing |
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Governing Law |
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Dispute Resolution |
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Counterparts |
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Schedule 1 - ECA Lenders |
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Part 1: Original French Lender |
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Part 2: Original German Lender |
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Part 3: Original British Lender |
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Schedule 2 : Repayments |
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Contents (i) |
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Schedule 3 : Calculation of the Mandatory Cost |
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Schedule 4 : Form of Assignment Notice |
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Schedule 5 : Form of Conversion Confirmation |
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Contents (ii) |
ECA Loan Agreement
Dated **
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Madeleine Leasing Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Ireland and having its registered office at 5 Harbourmaster Place, International Financial Services Centre, Dublin 1, Ireland (the Borrower); |
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The Financial Institution, listed in Part 1 of Schedule 1 (Original French Lender) (in this capacity the Original French Lenders); |
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The Financial Institution, listed in Part 2 of Schedule 1 (Original German Lender) (in this capacity the Original German Lender); |
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The Financial Institution, listed in Part 3 of Schedule 1 (Original British Lender) (in this capacity the Original British Lender); |
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ABN AMRO BANK N.V., a banking institution established under the laws of the Netherlands and acting through its office at 40, rue de Courcelles, 75388 Paris Cedex 08, France as agent for the French Lenders (in this capacity the French National Agent); |
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ABN AMRO BANK N.V. Niederlassung Deutschland, a banking institution established under the laws of the Netherlands whose address is Theodor Heuss Allee 80, 60486 Frankfurt am Main, Germany as agent for the German Lenders (in this capacity the German National Agent); |
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ABN AMRO BANK N.V., a banking institution established under the laws of the Netherlands and acting through its office at 250 Bishopsgate, London, EC2M 4AA, United Kingdom as agent for the British Lenders (in this capacity the British National Agent); |
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ABN AMRO BANK N.V., a banking institution established under the laws of the Netherlands and acting through its office at 250 Bishopsgate, London, EC2M 4AA, United Kingdom as facility agent for the ECA Lenders (in this capacity the ECA Facility Agent); and |
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ABN AMRO BANK N.V., a banking institution established under the laws of the Netherlands and acting through its office at 250 Bishopsgate, London, EC2M 4AA, United Kingdom as security trustee for, inter alios, the ECA Lenders (in this capacity the Security Trustee). |
Recitals
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The Purchaser has agreed with the Manufacturer to purchase the Aircraft pursuant to the Aircraft Purchase Agreement. |
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The Purchaser proposes to assign absolutely to the Borrower the right to take title to the Aircraft pursuant to the Purchase Agreement Assignment. |
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The Borrower proposes to purchase the Aircraft from the Manufacturer and immediately to lease it to the Head Lessee. |
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For the purpose of financing the acquisition of the Aircraft in part and payment or reimbursement (as the case may be in accordance with the relevant ECA Support Arrangement) of the ECA Premia in [full] [part]], the Borrower has requested the ECA Lenders to make available to it an export credit facility. The ECA Lenders have agreed to do so subject to the provisions of the Transaction Documents and in reliance on the security constituted by the Mortgage and the other Security Documents. |
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It is agreed:
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Interpretation |
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1.1 |
Definitions |
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In this Agreement, All Parties Agreement means the agreement of the same date as this Agreement relating to the aircraft referred to on the cover of this Agreement between, inter alios, the parties hereto and CIT Aerospace International as Head Lessee. |
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1.2 |
Construction |
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(a) |
Unless otherwise defined in this Agreement, capitalised terms used in this Agreement have the meaning given to them in the All Parties Agreement. |
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In this Agreement, the provisions of clause 1.2(a) to (g) (Construction) of the All Parties Agreement will be deemed to be set out herein in their entirety but as if each reference to "this Agreement" were a reference instead to this Agreement. |
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Facility |
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Subject to the terms of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, the ECA Lenders agree to make available to the Borrower a Dollar term loan facility in an aggregate amount equal to the Total ECA Commitments. The Facility will be made available as follows: |
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the French Lenders make available to the Borrower a Dollar term loan facility in an aggregate amount equal to the Total French Commitments; |
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the German Lenders make available to the Borrower a Dollar term loan facility in an aggregate amount equal to the Total German Commitments; and |
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the British Lenders make available to the Borrower a Dollar term loan facility in an aggregate amount equal to the Total British Commitments. |
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Purpose |
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3.1 |
ECA Loans |
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Each ECA Loan may only be used for financing the cost of the acquisition of the Aircraft and for the payment or reimbursement (as the case may be in accordance with the relevant ECA Support Arrangement) in [full] [part] of the ECA Premia. |
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No obligation to monitor |
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No ECA Finance Party is bound to monitor or verify the utilisation of the Facility. |
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Conditions precedent |
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The obligations of the Finance Parties under this Agreement are subject to the satisfaction of the applicable conditions precedent set out in clause 2 (Conditions) of the All Parties Agreement. |
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Utilisation |
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5.1 |
Giving of Request |
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The Borrower may borrow the ECA Loan by giving to the ECA Facility Agent a duly completed Request countersigned by the Head Lessee subject to and in accordance with clause 2 (Conditions) of the All Parties Agreement. |
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Unless the ECA Facility Agent otherwise agrees, the latest time for receipt by the ECA Facility Agent of a duly completed Request is 10.00 a.m. on the third Business Day prior to the Expected Delivery Date. |
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A Request is irrevocable. |
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Only one (1) Request may be served. |
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Completion of Request |
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A Request will not be regarded as having been duly completed unless: |
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the Expected Delivery Date set out in the Request is a Business Day falling within the Availability Period; (b) |
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the aggregate of the amounts requested in respect of the ECA Loans does not exceed the Total ECA Commitments; |
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the amount requested in respect of the payment of the ECA Premia is [equal to or less than the ECA Premia] [not more than the lesser of the ECA Premia and [** ] per cent ([** %]) of the Aircraft Price]1 ; |
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it confirms the Aircraft Price; |
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[it confirms the BFE Portion, which unless otherwise agreed by the ECA Facility Agent shall not be more than five per cent (5%) of the Aircraft Price;] and |
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it is duly executed by each of the Borrower and the Head Lessee. |
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5.3 |
Confirmation of Request |
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The ECA Facility Agent shall promptly determine whether the Request has been properly completed and given. |
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If the ECA Facility Agent determines that the Request has been properly completed and provided, the ECA Facility Agent shall promptly provide to the Borrower, the National Agents and the ECA Lenders the relevant Confirmation of Request, attaching a copy of the Request and setting out: |
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the respective amounts of the French Loan, the German Loan and the British Loan each calculated on the basis of the French Portion, the German Portion and the British Portion, respectively, of the total amount requested by the Borrower in the Request; |
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the respective amounts of the Coface Premium, the Euler Hermes Premium and the ECGD Premium, as confirmed by Coface, Euler Hermes and ECGD, respectively; and |
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the amount of each ECA Lender's Pro Rata Share in the ECA Loans. |
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Advance of ECA Loans |
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If the ECA Lenders have received a duly completed Confirmation of Request on or prior to 10.00 a.m. on the second Business Day before the Expected Delivery Date, each ECA Lender shall make its Pro Rata Share of the ECA Loans available through its Facility Office to the ECA Facility Agent by 10.00 a.m. on the Expected Delivery Date. |
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Following receipt of funds in accordance with Clause 5.4(a), and subject to the provisions of Clause 4(Conditions precedent) and the other terms of this Agreement, the ECA Facility Agent shall: |
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pay the ECA Aircraft Supported Amount to the account of the Manufacturer which the Manufacturer has notified to the ECA Facility Agent; and |
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pay the amounts set out in the Confirmation of Request in respect of the ECA Premia to the Head Lessee as reimbursement of the ECA Premia paid or to each of the relevant Export Credit Agencies as set out in paragraph 4(b) of the Request and in accordance with the relevant ECA Support Arrangements, as applicable. |
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Repayment Repayment Subject to Clause 6.2 (Substitute schedules) the Borrower shall repay each ECA Loan in full by forty-eight (48) consecutive instalments of principal on each Payment Date in the amount set out opposite such Payment Date in Schedule 2 (Repayments). |
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Substitute schedules |
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Schedule 2 (Repayments) has been prepared as at the date of this Agreement on the assumption that: |
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the Delivery Date will be [** ]; |
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the aggregate amount of the ECA Loans advanced under this Agreement will be ** Dollars ($** ); and |
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no ECA Loan will be prepaid in whole or in part. |
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If any of the above assumptions proves to be incorrect then as soon as reasonably practicable the ECA Facility Agent shall prepare a substitute Schedule 2 (Repayments) on the same basis as the existing Schedule 2 (Repayments) but reflecting the correct Delivery Date, aggregate amount of the ECA Loans advanced or, as the case may be, principal amount of the ECA Loans outstanding after any such prepayment. |
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The ECA Facility Agent shall provide the ECA Lenders, the Borrower and the Head Lessee with a copy of the substitute Schedule 2 (Repayments) immediately following its preparation. |
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Upon the receipt by the ECA Lenders, the Borrower and the Head Lessee of the substitute Schedule 2 (Repayments) that substitute schedule will replace the existing Schedule 2 (Repayments) and all repayments of the ECA Loans will, subject to the further application of Clause 6.2(a), be made in accordance with the substitute Schedule 2 (Repayments). |
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6.3 |
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Subject to no ECA Event of Default or Mandatory Prepayment Event being continuing, the Borrower may, if so instructed by the Head Lessee pursuant to clause 21.1 (General rights) of the All Parties Agreement, at any time upon not less than ten (10) Business Days' prior written notice to the ECA Facility Agent (or such shorter period as the ECA Facility Agent may agree) request that the rate of interest applicable to all the ECA Loans shall be calculated by reference to a Fixed Rate on the Delivery Date or, if later, with effect from the next succeeding Payment Date, being not less than ten (10) Business Days' after the date of the Conversion Notice (the Conversion Date). The request will be subject to the Borrower's agreement under Clause 6.3(c) to the Fixed Rate offered pursuant to Clause 6.3(b). |
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Following receipt of a notice pursuant to Clause 6.3(a), the ECA Facility Agent shall on the date falling two (2) Business Days prior to the Conversion Date determine the Fixed Rate which would be applicable to the ECA Loans as of such Conversion Date and notify the same to the Borrower together with an indication of the period within which the offered Fixed Rate must be accepted which shall be no later than 10.00 a.m. London time on such date. |
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The Borrower, acting on the instructions of the Head Lessee pursuant to clause 21.1 (General rights) of the All Parties Agreement, may agree such Fixed Rate within the period specified by the ECA Facility Agent, (such agreement to be irrevocable) by providing a confirmation of its agreement substantially in the form of Schedule 5 (Form of Conversion Confirmation) countersigned by the Head Lessee and the Guarantor, following which the ECA Facility Agent shall advise the Export Credit Agencies, the ECA Lenders and the Borrower of such Fixed Rate and the Conversion will apply. |
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The Borrower shall pay all costs and expenses of any Finance Party associated with the determination and arranging of the Fixed Rate including commissions and costs of negotiating, drafting and executing all documentation in connection with the Conversion. |
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Prepayment and cancellation |
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7.1 |
Mandatory prepayment : illegality |
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An ECA Finance Party or the Borrower shall notify the ECA Facility Agent and if such notice has not been delivered by the Borrower, the Borrower promptly if it becomes aware of an Illegality Event giving details of such Illegality Event and any applicable dates. |
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After a notification under Clause 7.1(a) or any other notification from an Export Credit Agency or any other Party pursuant to the Transaction Documents that an Illegality Event has occurred, and subject to no agreement being reached under Clause 11 (Mitigation) to mitigate or avoid the relevant circumstance: |
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the Borrower shall prepay the ECA Loans in full (or, in the case of paragraph (a) of the definition of "Illegality Event" relating to an ECA Lender, that ECA Lender's Pro Rata Share of the ECA Loans); and |
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the ECA Commitments of the ECA Lenders (or, in the case of paragraph (i) of the definition of "Illegality Event" relating to an ECA Lender, that ECA Lender) will be cancelled immediately. |
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The date for prepayment referred to in Clause 7.1(b) will be: |
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the Payment Date immediately following the completion of the consultation under Clause 11 (Mitigation); or |
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if earlier, in the case of paragraph (a) of the definition of "Illegality Event", the date specified in the notification under Clause 7.1(a) which shall not be earlier than the last day of any applicable grace period allowed by law. |
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Mandatory prepayment : Total Loss |
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If a Total Loss of the Aircraft or the Airframe occurs on or after the Delivery Date, the Borrower shall, as soon as practicable upon becoming aware of such Total Loss, notify the ECA Facility Agent of it. |
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The Borrower shall prepay the ECA Loans in full on the date the Head Lessee is required to pay the Final Payment under the Head Lease following the Total Loss. |
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The Finance Parties shall apply any Total Loss Proceeds in accordance with the Proceeds Agreement. |
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Mandatory prepayment : Head Lease termination If the leasing of the Aircraft by the Head Lessee under the Head Lease terminates or a notice has been provided under the Head Lease that it will terminate early for any reason (other than as a result of a Total Loss of the Aircraft or the Airframe), the Borrower shall: |
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immediately notify the ECA Facility Agent of such event; and |
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pay the ECA Loan Termination Amount in full on the date of such termination. |
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Mandatory prepayment : Trigger Event/Home Country Notice/Lessee Event |
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the Head Lessee has failed to comply with the provisions of clause 10.1.1 (First Trigger Event : Security Deposit and Maintenance Reserves) of the All Parties Agreement within the period stipulated in clause 10.1.5 (First Trigger Event) of the All Parties Agreement; or |
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a Home Country Notice or a US Restriction Notice or both (in each case relating to the Aircraft) are served on the Head Lessee in accordance with the provisions of clause 10.4 (Home Country Notice and US Restriction Notice) of the All Parties Agreement; or |
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the Head Lessee has failed to comply with the provisions of clause 10.5.2 (Lessee Event) of the All Parties Agreement within the period stipulated in that clause, |
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the Security Trustee may by notice to the Borrower require the Borrower to immediately pay the ECA Loan Termination Amount in full. |
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Prepayment if Post-Delivery Modifications not completed within Post-Delivery Modification Period If any post delivery modifications in respect of the Aircraft are not carried out within the Post- Delivery Modification Period, the Borrower shall, on the first Business Day following the expiry of the Post-Delivery Modification Period, pay to the Security Trustee the proportion of the ECA Loans relating to such post delivery modifications for application in accordance with clause 5 (Application of moneys) of the Proceeds Agreement. |
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If the Borrower is, or will be, required to pay to an ECA Lender: |
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an Increased Cost, |
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the Borrower may, if the requirement continues, give at least ten (10) Business Days' irrevocable notice to the ECA Facility Agent requesting prepayment and cancellation in respect of that ECA Lender. |
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The Borrower will only be entitled to serve a notice of prepayment and cancellation pursuant to Clause 7.6(a), if the Head Lessee has requested it to do so pursuant to and in accordance with clause 14.2(a) (Prepayments under ECA Loan Agreement) of the Head Lease. |
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After notification under Clause 7.6(a) the Borrower shall prepay in full that ECA Lender's share in each ECA Loan made to it on the date specified in Clause 7.6(d). |
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The date for prepayment under this Clause 7.6 of an ECA Lender's share in a ECA Loan will be the date specified by the Borrower in its notice provided under Clause 7.6(a). |
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Voluntary prepayment |
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The Borrower may, by giving not less than ten (10) Business Days' prior notice to the ECA Facility Agent, prepay any ECA Loan on any Payment Date (or following service of a notice on the Guarantor by the Security Trustee pursuant to clause 11.1.1 (Additional Security) of the All Parties Agreement, on any Business Day falling within the period between the date such notice is deemed to have been given in accordance with clause 28.3.1 (Effectiveness) of the All Parties Agreement (the Notice Date) and the date falling fifteen (15) Business Days after such Notice Date) in whole or in part, if concurrently with any such prepayment it prepays: |
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a pro rata amount of the other ECA Loans in accordance with this Clause 7; and |
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in the case of a prepayment in part only, a pro rata amount of the Other ECA Loans in accordance with the terms of clause 7 (Prepayment and cancellation) of the Other ECA Loan Agreements. |
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The Borrower will only be entitled to serve a notice of voluntary prepayment under this Clause 7.7 if: |
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no Significant Default is continuing; and |
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in the case of a prepayment in full, the Head Lessee has served a notice to purchase the Aircraft in accordance with clause 18 (Option to Purchase) of the Head Lease; and |
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in the case of a partial prepayment, the Head Lessee has requested it to do so pursuant to clause 14.2(a) (Prepayments under ECA Loan Agreement) of the Head Lease. |
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Any notice provided pursuant to Clause 7.7(a) is irrevocable. |
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A prepayment under this Clause 7.7 of part of an ECA Loan shall be in a minimum amount of five million Dollars ($5,000,000) and in an integral multiple of one million Dollars ($1,000,000). |
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Any voluntary prepayment shall be applied pro rata against the remaining repayment instalments of the ECA Loans in inverse order of maturity. |
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Automatic cancellation The undrawn ECA Commitment of each ECA Lender will be automatically cancelled on the earlier of: |
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close of business on the Availability End Date; and |
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Delivery. |
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7.9 |
Voluntary cancellation |
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The Borrower may, if requested by the Head Lessee under clause 14.2(a) (Prepayments under ECA Loan Agreement) of the Head Lease by giving the ECA Facility Agent not less than ten (10) Business Days' prior notice, cancel all or part of the undrawn ECA Commitments. |
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Any cancellation of part of the undrawn ECA Commitments shall be in a minimum amount of five million Dollars ($5,000,000) and in an integral multiple of one million Dollars ($1,000,000). |
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Any notice pursuant to Clause 7.9(a) is irrevocable. The ECA Facility Agent shall notify the ECA Lenders, promptly of receipt of any such notice. |
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Any voluntary cancellation shall be applied pro rata across the ECA Commitments. |
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Miscellaneous provisions |
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All prepayments under this Agreement shall be made with accrued interest on the amounts prepaid and any Break Costs. |
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No prepayment or cancellation is allowed except in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement. |
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No amount of the ECA Commitments cancelled under this Agreement may be reinstated subsequently. |
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No amount of an ECA Loan prepaid under this Agreement may be re-borrowed subsequently. |
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8 8.1 |
Interest Interest Periods Subject to Clause 8.4 (Interest on overdue amounts): |
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the first Interest Period will commence on the Delivery Date; |
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each subsequent Interest Period will commence on the last day of the preceding Interest Period; |
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each Interest Period will end on the next following Payment Date; and |
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the final Interest Period will end on the earlier to occur of the Termination Date and the Expiry Date. |
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Subject to Clause 8.2(b), the rate of interest applicable to an ECA Loan for an Interest Period is the percentage rate per annum equal to the aggregate of the: |
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At any time following a Conversion, the rate of interest applicable to an ECA Loan for an Interest Period is the percentage rate per annum equal to the aggregate of the: |
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Except where otherwise required in this Agreement, interest shall accrue daily on the amount of each ECA Loan outstanding from time to time at the relevant rate calculated in accordance with Clause 8.2 (Calculation of interest). |
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The Borrower shall pay all interest accrued in accordance with Clause 8.3(a) on each Payment Date to the ECA Facility Agent in accordance with Clause 12 (Payments). |
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If the Borrower fails to pay any amount payable by it under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to an ECA Finance Party or Export Credit Agency, it shall immediately on demand by the ECA Facility Agent pay interest on the overdue amount from its due date up to the date of actual payment, before, on and after judgment. |
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Interest on an overdue amount is payable at a rate determined by the ECA Facility Agent to be two per cent (2%) per annum above the rate which would have been payable if the overdue amount had, during the period of non-payment, constituted an ECA Loan in the currency of the overdue amount as determined in accordance with Clause 8.2 (Calculation of interest). For this purpose, the ECA Facility Agent may (acting reasonably): |
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the rate of interest on the overdue amount for that first Interest Period will be two per cent (2%) per annum above the rate then payable on that Loan. |
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Interest (if unpaid) on an overdue amount will be compounded with that overdue amount at the end of each of its Interest Periods but will remain immediately due and payable. |
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8.5 |
Notification The ECA Facility Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower, the ECA Lenders and the National Agents of the determination of a rate of interest under this Agreement. |
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9 9.1 |
Market Disruption Failure of a Reference Bank to supply a rate If prior to a Conversion, LIBOR is to be calculated by reference to the Reference Banks but a Reference Bank does not supply a rate by 12.00 noon on a Rate Fixing Date, the applicable LIBOR will, subject to Clause 9.2 (Market disruption), be calculated on the basis of the rates of the remaining Reference Banks. |
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In this Clause 9.2, each of the following events prior to a Conversion is a Market Disruption Event: |
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LIBOR is to be calculated by reference to the Reference Banks but no, or only one (1), Reference Bank supplies a rate by 12.00 noon on the Rate Fixing Date; or |
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the ECA Facility Agent receives by 2.00 p.m. on the Rate Fixing Date notification from ECA Lenders whose shares in the relevant ECA Loan exceed thirty per cent. (30%) of that ECA Loan that the cost to them of obtaining matching deposits in the relevant interbank market is in excess of LIBOR for the relevant Interest Period. |
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The ECA Facility Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the ECA Lenders of a Market Disruption Event whereupon Clause 11 (Mitigation) shall apply. |
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Following the occurrence of a Market Disruption Event but subject to Clause 11 (Mitigation), the rate of interest on the affected ECA Loan for the relevant Interest Period will be the aggregate of the relevant: |
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the ECA Applicable Margin; |
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the rate notified to the ECA Facility Agent by that ECA Lender as soon as practicable, and in any event before interest is due to be paid in respect of that Interest Period, to be that which expresses as a percentage rate per annum the cost to that ECA Lender (as approved by the relevant National Agent) of funding its share in that ECA Loan from whatever source it may reasonably select; and |
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the Mandatory Cost, if any. |
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10 10.1 |
Increased Costs Increased Costs Except as provided in this Clause 10, the Borrower shall within three (3) Business Days of a demand by the ECA Facility Agent, pay for the account of an ECA Finance Party the amount of any Increased Cost incurred by that ECA Finance Party or any of its Holding Companies as a result of any Change in Law. |
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10.2 |
Exceptions The Borrower need not make any payment for an Increased Cost to the extent that the Increased Cost is: |
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compensated for under another provision of the Transaction Documents or would have been but for an exception to that provision; |
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attributable to an ECA Finance Party or any of its Holding Companies wilfully failing to comply with any Applicable Law or regulation; or |
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[attributable to the implementation or application of or compliance with the "International Convergence of Capital Measurement and Capital Standards, a Revised Framework" published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in June 2004 in the form existing on the date of this Agreement (Basel II) or any other law or regulation which implements Basel II (whether such implementation, application or compliance is by a Government Entity, Finance Party or any of its Affiliates)]2 . |
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Claims |
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An ECA Finance Party intending to make a claim for an Increased Cost shall notify the ECA Facility Agent of the circumstances giving rise to and the amount of the claim, following which the ECA Facility Agent will promptly notify the Borrower. |
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Each affected ECA Finance Party shall, as soon as practicable after a demand by the ECA Facility Agent, provide a certificate confirming the amount of its Increased Cost. |
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Mitigation If a notice is provided under Clause 7.1(a) (Mandatory prepayment : illegality), Clause 9.2 (Market disruption or Clause 10.1 (Increased Costs), the provisions of clause 19 (Mitigation) of the All Parties Agreement shall apply as to mitigation. |
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12 |
Payments |
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12.1 |
Place |
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Except where it is provided to the contrary in a Transaction Document, the Borrower shall pay all amounts for the account of the ECA Finance Parties to the ECA Facility Agent to its account specified in or in accordance with clause 22.1 (Payment directions) of the All Parties Agreement. |
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The ECA Facility Agent will pay amounts received for the account of: |
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the British Lenders, to the British National Agent; |
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the French Lenders, to the French National Agent; and |
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the German Lenders, to the German National Agent; |
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the British National Agent shall pay the relevant amounts pro rata (or as applicable) to the British Lenders; |
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the French National Agent shall pay the relevant amounts pro rata (or as applicable) to the French Lenders; and |
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the German National Agent shall pay the relevant amounts pro rata (or as applicable) to the German Lenders. |
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All payments by a Party under this Agreement to: |
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the British National Agent shall be made to its account at ABN AMRO, New York (SWIFT: ABNAUS33) for the account of ABN AMRO Bank N.V. London (ABNAGB2L) and account number 661001036741 with reference "Agency Europe - re: CIT" or to such other account as it may notify to that Party for this purpose by not less than five (5) Business Days' prior notice; |
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the French National Agent shall be made to its account at ABN AMRO, New York (SWIFT: ABNAUS33) for the account of ABN AMRO Bank N.V. London (ABNAGB2L) and account number 661001036741 with reference "Agency Europe - re: CIT" or to such other account as it may notify to that Party for this purpose by not less than five (5) Business Days' prior notice; and |
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the German National Agent shall be made to its account at ABN AMRO, New York (SWIFT: ABNAUS33) for the account of ABN AMRO Bank N.V. London (ABNAGB2L) and account number 661001036741 with reference "Agency Europe - re: CIT" or to such other account as it may notify to that Party for this purpose by not less than five (5) Business Days' prior notice. |
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12.2 |
Funds Payments under the Transaction Documents to an ECA Administrative Party shall be made for value on the due date by no later than 4.30 p.m. in New York (in the case of any payment in Dollars) and otherwise at such times and in such funds as an ECA Administrative Party may specify to the Party concerned as being customary at the time for the settlement of transactions in that currency in the place for payment. |
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13 |
Information Covenants |
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13.1 |
Provision of information |
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immediately upon becoming aware of its occurrence, inform the ECA Facility Agent of any circumstances likely to interfere with the due performance of its obligations under the Borrower Documents or of any Default; |
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provide such financial or other information concerning itself as the ECA Facility Agent, the Security Trustee or any ECA Lender (through the ECA Facility Agent) may from time to time reasonably request; |
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promptly upon becoming aware of its occurrence, inform the ECA Facility Agent of the details of any litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings which are current, threatened or pending against the Borrower; and |
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provide the ECA Facility Agent with copies of all documents, requests, notices or correspondence (other than those of a purely administrative nature or already copied to and received by the ECA Facility Agent) given or received by the Borrower under the Transaction Documents. |
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13.2 |
Know your customer checks The Borrower shall promptly upon the request of an ECA Administrative Party supply any documentation and other evidence which is reasonably requested by any ECA Administrative Party to carry out and be satisfied with the results of all applicable "know your customer" requirements. |
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13.3 |
Financial statements |
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The Borrower shall supply to the ECA Facility Agent copies in sufficient numbers for all the ECA Finance Parties certified by a duly authorised officer of the Borrower of its financial statements for each of its financial years audited and prepared, if requested, in accordance with internationally and generally accepted accounting principles and practices consistently applied. |
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All such financial statements shall be supplied as soon as they are available and in any event, within one hundred and eighty (180) days of the end of the relevant financial period. |
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14 14.1 |
Default ECA Events of Default Each of the events or circumstances set out in Clauses 14.2 to 14.13 is an ECA Event of Default. |
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14.2 |
Non-payment |
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The Borrower does not pay on the due date any amount of principal or interest payable by it under the Borrower Documents in the manner required by the Borrower Documents unless the non-payment is remedied within five (5) Business Days of the due date. |
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The Borrower does not pay on the due date any other amount payable by it under the Borrower Documents in the manner required by the Borrower Documents unless the non-payment is remedied within ten (10) Business Days of the due date. |
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14.3 |
Breach of other obligations |
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The Borrower does not comply with any of its obligations under clauses 6.5 (Negative Pledge), 6.9 (Preservation of Transaction Documents) and 6.10 (Preservation of Security) of the All Parties Agreement. |
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The Borrower does not comply with any of its obligations under the Borrower Documents not specifically expressly referred to elsewhere in this Clause 14, unless the non-compliance: |
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in the opinion of the ECA Facility Agent, is capable of remedy; and |
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is remedied to the satisfaction of the ECA Facility Agent within thirty (30) days of the earlier of the ECA Facility Agent giving notice to the Borrower to remedy such non-compliance and the Borrower becoming aware of the non-compliance. |
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14.4 |
Misrepresentation |
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Subject to Clause 14.4(b), a representation, warranty or statement made or repeated by the Borrower in any Borrower Document or in any document delivered by or on behalf of the Borrower under any Borrower Document is incorrect or misleading in any |
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material respect when made or deemed to be repeated, unless the circumstances giving rise to the misrepresentation: |
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in the opinion of the ECA Facility Agent, are capable of remedy; and |
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are remedied to the satisfaction of the ECA Facility Agent within thirty (30) days of the earlier of the ECA Facility Agent giving notice to the Borrower to remedy such non-compliance and the Borrower becoming aware of the misrepresentation. |
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Clause 14.4(a) shall not apply to: |
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any Non-Repeating Borrower Representation which is deemed repeated pursuant to clause 5.18.2 (Times for making representations) of the All Parties Agreement; or |
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any Borrower Illegality Representation which is deemed repeated pursuant to clause 5.18.2 or 5.18.3 (Times for making representations) of the All Parties Agreement. |
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Insolvency Any of the following occurs in respect of the Borrower: |
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it is, or is deemed for the purposes of any Applicable Law to which it is subject to be, unable to pay its debts as they fall due or it is insolvent; |
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it admits its inability to pay its debts as they fall due; |
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it suspends making payments on any of its debts or announces an intention to do so; |
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by reason of actual or anticipated financial difficulties, it begins negotiations with any creditor for the rescheduling or restructuring of any of its indebtedness; |
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the value of its assets is less than its liabilities (taking into account contingent and prospective liabilities); |
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a moratorium is declared in respect of any of its indebtedness; or |
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any similar local law process not described in Clauses 14.5(a) to (f). |
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Insolvency proceedings |
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Except as provided in Clause 14.6(b), any of the following occurs in respect of the Borrower: |
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any step is taken with a view to a moratorium or a composition, assignment or similar arrangement with its creditors of any class of them; |
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a meeting of its shareholders, directors or other officers is convened for the purpose of considering any resolution for, petitioning for or filing documents with a court or any registrar for, its winding-up, administration, examinership, or dissolution or any such resolution is passed; |
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any person presents a petition, or files documents with a court or any registrar, for its winding-up, administration, examinership, dissolution or reorganisation (by way of voluntary arrangement, scheme of arrangement or otherwise); |
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an order for its winding-up, administration, examinership or dissolution is made; |
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any liquidator, trustee in bankruptcy, judicial custodian, compulsory manager, receiver, administrative receiver, administrator, examiner or similar officer is appointed in respect of it or any of its assets; |
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its shareholders, directors or other officers request the appointment of, or give notice of their intention to appoint, a liquidator, trustee in bankruptcy, judicial custodian, compulsory manager, receiver, administrative receiver, administrator, examiner or similar officer; or |
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any other analogous step or procedure is taken in any jurisdiction. |
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Clause 14.6(a) does not apply to a petition for winding-up presented by a creditor which is being contested in good faith and with due diligence and is discharged or struck out within ten (10) Business Days. |
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Creditors' process Any expropriation, attachment, sequestration, distress, execution or analogous event affects all or a substantial part of the assets of the Borrower and is not discharged within ten (10) Business Days. |
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Authorisations Any authorisation required in connection with the Borrower Documents or to enable the Borrower to perform its obligations under any of the Borrower Documents or to own the Aircraft; |
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is not obtained or effected by the time it is required; |
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is revoked or cancelled or otherwise ceases to be in full force and effect; |
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is not renewed when due; or |
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is varied or renewed on revised terms and the consequences of this is or is likely to be: |
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to prevent the Borrower from performing its obligations under the Borrower Documents; or |
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to limit the rights of the Finance Parties under the Borrower Documents. |
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Revocation |
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The Borrower contests its obligations or liabilities under any Borrower Documents or otherwise repudiates or threatens to repudiate any of the Borrower Documents. |
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The Borrower challenges the existence, validity, enforceability or priority of the rights of the Finance Parties under any of the Security Documents. |
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Cessation of business |
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Head Lease default |
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Deemed ECA Event of Default An ECA Event of Default is deemed to have occurred pursuant to clause 2.7.2 (Waiver) of the All Parties Agreement or any other Borrower Document. |
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Acceleration |
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If an ECA Event of Default is continuing, the ECA Facility Agent may (without prejudice to any other rights of the Relevant parties under the Transaction Documents or at law) by notice to the Borrower: |
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cancel all or any part of the Total ECA Commitments; or |
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declare that all or part of any amounts outstanding under this Agreement are: |
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immediately due and payable; or |
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payable on demand by the ECA Facility Agent. |
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Without prejudice to its rights under the other Transaction Documents, upon its receipt of a notice pursuant to Clause 14.14(a), the Security Trustee may exercise its rights pursuant to the Security Documents. |
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Security and Recourse The Finance Parties agree that their recourse against the Borrower under this Agreement is limited in accordance with the provisions of clause 13 (Security and recourse) of the All Parties Agreement. |
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Changes to the Parties |
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16.1 |
Assignments and transfers by ECA Lenders |
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An ECA Lender (the Existing ECA Lender) may, at its cost, at any time assign or transfer all or part of its rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party in accordance with this Clause 16 and clause 18 (Changes to the Parties or Facility Office) of the All Parties Agreement to another person (such person being the New ECA Lender). |
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The ECA Facility Agent is not obliged to execute a Transfer Certificate or otherwise give effect to an assignment or transfer until it has completed all know your customer requirements to its satisfaction. The ECA Facility Agent shall promptly notify the Existing ECA Lender and the New ECA Lender if there are any such requirements. |
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A transfer of obligations by an ECA Lender will be effective only if either: |
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the obligations are novated in accordance with the following provisions of this Clause 16 and clause 18 (Changes to the Parties or Facility Office) of the All Parties Agreement; or |
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the New ECA Lender confirms to the ECA Facility Agent and the Borrower in form and substance satisfactory to the ECA Facility Agent that it is bound by the terms of the Transaction Documents as an ECA Lender. |
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On the transfer of obligations by an ECA Lender becoming effective: |
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the Borrower and the Existing ECA Lender shall each be released from further obligations to each other under the Transaction Documents and their respective rights against each other shall be cancelled in each case to the extent of such transfer (such rights and obligations being referred to in this Clause 16.1(d) as Discharged Rights and Obligations); |
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the Borrower and the New ECA Lender shall each assume obligations towards each other or acquire rights against each other which differ from the Discharged Rights and Obligations only insofar as the Borrower and the New ECA Lender have assumed or acquired the same in place of the Borrower and the Existing ECA Lender; |
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each of the Parties and the New ECA Lender shall acquire the same rights and assume the same obligations among themselves as they would have acquired and assumed had the New ECA Lender been a party to this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which the Existing ECA Lender is party as an ECA Lender with the rights or obligations acquired or assumed by it as a result of the transfer; and |
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a proportion of the Existing ECA Lender's rights under the Security Documents, equal to the proportion of the Existing ECA Lender's rights under the Transaction Documents being transferred, shall automatically be transferred to the New ECA Lender. |
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Unless the ECA Facility Agent otherwise agrees, the New ECA Lender shall pay to the ECA Facility Agent for its own account, on or before the date any assignment or transfer occurs, a fee of $2,500 unless the New ECA Lender is an Export Credit Agency or such assignment or transfer is made at the request of an Export Credit Agency. |
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The New ECA Lender shall pay to each Export Credit Agency on or before the date any assignment of transfer occurs and for its own account, a fee as determined by such Export Credit Agency from time to time plus any costs and expenses incurred by that Export Credit Agency as a result of such assignment or transfer. |
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No Conduit Lender shall be permitted to assign its rights and benefits hereunder, or any part thereof, to another Conduit Lender unless and until: |
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such Conduit Lender has offered for sale all of its rights and benefits hereunder (the Relevant Interest) to ABN AMRO Bank N.V. under the terms of the documentation relating to, in the case of SovRisc, the Securitisation Programme or, in the case of any other Conduit Lender, the relevant securitisation programme and ABN AMRO Bank N.V. does not (i) exercise any right of first refusal it may have to buy such Relevant Interest or (ii) provide a redemption facility in respect of the relevant debt securities; or |
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No ECA Lender shall be permitted to assign its rights and benefits hereunder, or any part thereof, to any Conduit Lender unless such assignment expressly excludes that ECA Lender's rights under any provision of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to receive financial or other information in respect of the Borrower and the Head Lessee. |
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Subject to the provisions of this Clause 16, an Existing ECA Lender may effect an assignment of any or all of its rights and benefits hereunder by: |
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entering into an assignment agreement in a form agreed between that Existing ECA Lender and the New ECA Lender; and |
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Following receipt of any Assignment Notice, the ECA Facility Agent shall promptly provide a copy of it to the Borrower, the Head Lessee and any other ECA Lenders in the New ECA Lender's national syndicate. Failure to comply with this provision will not invalidate the effect of Clause 16.3(a). |
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Each New ECA Lender shall be deemed on the Transfer Date or other date on which the transfer becomes effective to confirm to the Existing ECA Lender and the other Finance Parties that it: |
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has made, and will continue to make, its own independent appraisal of all risks arising under or in connection with the Transaction Documents (including the financial condition and affairs of the Borrower, the Head Lessee, the Guarantor or any other party to the Transaction Documents and their respective Affiliates and the nature and extent of any recourse against any Party or its assets) in connection with its participation in the Transaction Documents; and |
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has not relied exclusively on any information supplied to it by the Existing ECA Lender (or any other Finance Party) in connection with any Transaction Document. |
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support any Losses or Management Time Expenses incurred by the New ECA Lender by reason of the non-performance by the Borrower, the Head Lessee, the Guarantor or any other Party to the Transaction Documents of its obligations under any Transaction Document or otherwise. |
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as a result of circumstances existing at the date the assignment, transfer or change occurs, the Borrower would be obliged to pay a Tax Payment or an Increased Cost or an increase in either of them, |
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then, unless the assignment, transfer or change is (i) required to be made by any Applicable Law, (ii) made to mitigate any circumstances giving rise to the Tax Payment, Increased Cost or right to be prepaid or cancelled by reason of an Illegality Event, (iii) made at the request or direction of an Export Credit Agency or (iv) made following the occurrence of an Event of Default or an Incipient Default, the Borrower need only pay that Tax Payment or Increased Cost to the same extent that it would have been obliged to if no assignment, transfer or change had occurred. |
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ECA Administrative Parties An ECA Administrative Party may resign or transfer its rights or obligations hereunder only in accordance with the Proceeds Agreement and the All Parties Agreement. |
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Pro Rata Sharing Redistribution Subject to the Proceeds Agreement, if any amount owing by the Borrower under this Agreement to an ECA Lender (the recovering ECA Lender) is discharged by payment, set-off or any other manner other than through the ECA Facility Agent or its respective National Agent under this Agreement (a recovery), then: |
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the recovering ECA Lender shall, within three (3) Business Days of the recovery, supply details of the recovery to the ECA Facility Agent; |
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the ECA Facility Agent shall calculate whether the recovery is in excess of the amount which the recovering ECA Lender would have received if the recovery had been received or made by the ECA Facility Agent and distributed through the ECA Facility Agent and through such recovering ECA Lender's National Agent under this Agreement and the Proceeds Agreement; and |
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the recovering ECA Lender shall pay to the ECA Facility Agent an amount equal to the excess (the redistribution). |
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The ECA Facility Agent shall treat a redistribution as if it were a payment by the Borrower under this Agreement and distribute it accordingly among the ECA Lenders, other than the recovering ECA Lender. |
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When the ECA Facility Agent makes a distribution under Clause 17.2(a), the recovering ECA Lender will be subrogated to the rights of the Finance Parties which have shared in that redistribution. |
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If and to the extent that the recovering ECA Lender is not able to rely on any rights of subrogation under Clause 17.2(b), the Borrower will owe the recovering ECA Lender a debt which is equal to the redistribution, immediately payable and of the type originally discharged. |
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a recovering ECA Lender shall subsequently return a recovery, or an amount measured by reference to a recovery, to the Borrower; and |
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the recovering ECA Lender has paid a redistribution in relation to that recovery, |
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interest for the period while it held the redistribution. In this event, the subrogation in Clause 17.2(b) will operate in reverse to the extent of the reimbursement. |
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Exceptions Notwithstanding any other term of this Clause 17, a recovering ECA Lender need not pay a redistribution to the extent that: |
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it would not, after the payment, have a valid claim against the Borrower in the amount of the redistribution; or |
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it would be sharing with another ECA Finance Party any amount which the recovering ECA Lender has received or recovered as a result of legal or arbitration proceedings, where: |
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the recovering ECA Lender notified the ECA Facility Agent of those proceedings; and |
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the other ECA Finance Party had an opportunity to participate in those proceedings but did not do so or did not take separate legal or arbitration proceedings as soon as reasonably practicable after receiving notice of them. |
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Governing Law |
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Dispute Resolution The provisions of clause 32 (Dispute resolution) of the All Parties Agreement shall apply insofar as it relates to any dispute between the Borrower and the Finance Parties as if set out in this Agreement, mutatis mutandis. |
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Counterparts This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts. This has the same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a single copy of this Agreement. |
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This Agreement has been entered into on the date stated at the beginning of this Agreement. |
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Schedule 1 - ECA Lenders
Part 1: Original French Lender
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Part 2: Original German Lender
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Part 3: Original British Lender
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Schedule 2 : Repayments
Part 1 : French Loan Repayments
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Part 2 : German Loan Repayments
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Part 3 : British Loan Repayments
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Schedule 3 : Calculation of the Mandatory Cost
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The Mandatory Cost is to compensate an ECA Lender for the cost of compliance with: |
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the requirements of the Bank of England or the Financial Services Authority (or, in either case, any other authority which replaces any of its functions); or |
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The Mandatory Cost is expressed as a percentage rate per annum. |
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The Mandatory Cost is the weighted average (weighted in proportion to the percentage share of each ECA Lender in the relevant ECA Loan) of the rates for the ECA Lenders calculated by the ECA Facility Agent in accordance with this Schedule on the first day of an Interest Period (or as soon as possible after then). |
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The ECA Facility Agent shall distribute each amount of Mandatory Cost among the ECA Lenders on the basis of the rate for each ECA Lender. |
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The relevant rate for an ECA Lender lending from a Facility Office in the U.K. is calculated in accordance with the following formula: |
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where on the day of application of the formula, E is calculated by the ECA Facility Agent as being the average of the rates of charge under the fees rules supplied by the Reference Banks to the ECA Facility Agent under paragraph 2(d) below and expressed in pounds per 1 million. |
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fees rules means the then current rules on periodic fees in the Supervision Manual of the FSA Handbook or any other Applicable Law for the payment of fees for the acceptance of deposits; |
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fee tariffs means the fee tariffs specified in the fees rules under fee-block Category A1 (Deposit acceptors) (ignoring any minimum fee or zero rated fee required pursuant to the fees rules but applying any applicable discount rate); and |
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tariff base has the meaning given to it in, and will be calculated in accordance with, the fees rules. |
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Each rate calculated in accordance with the formula is, if necessary, rounded upward to four (4) decimal places. |
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The ECA Facility Agent shall use reasonable endeavours to obtain from each Reference Bank, as soon as practicable after publication by the Financial Services Authority, the rate of charge payable by that Reference Bank to the Financial Services Authority under the fees rules for that financial year of the Financial Services Authority (calculated by that Reference Bank as being the average of the fee tariffs applicable to that Reference Bank for that financial year) and expressed in pounds per 1 million of the tariff base of that Reference Bank. |
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Each ECA Lender shall promptly supply to the ECA Facility Agent the information required by it to make a calculation of the rate for that ECA Lender. In particular, each ECA Lender shall supply the following information on or prior to the date on which it becomes an ECA Lender: |
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the jurisdiction of its Facility Office; and |
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any other information that the ECA Facility Agent reasonably requires for that purpose. |
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Each ECA Lender shall promptly notify the ECA Facility Agent of any change to the information supplied to it under this paragraph (e). |
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The rates of charge of each Reference Bank for the purpose of paragraph 2(d) above are determined by the ECA Facility Agent based upon the information supplied to it under paragraphs 2(d) and (e) above. Unless an ECA Lender notifies the ECA Facility Agent to the contrary, the ECA Facility Agent may assume that the ECA Lender's obligations in respect of cash ratio deposits and special deposits are the same as those of a typical bank from its jurisdiction of incorporation with a Facility Office in the U.K. |
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The ECA Facility Agent has no liability to any Party if its calculation over- or under-compensates any ECA Lender. The ECA Facility Agent is entitled to assume that the information provided by any ECA Lender or Reference Bank under this Schedule 3 is true and correct in all respects. |
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The relevant rate for an ECA Lender lending from a Facility Office in a Participating Member State is the percentage rate per annum notified by that ECA Lender to the ECA Facility Agent. This percentage rate per annum shall be certified by that ECA Lender in its notice to the ECA Facility Agent as its reasonable determination of the cost (expressed as a percentage of that ECA Lender's share in all ECA Loans made from that Facility Office) of complying with the minimum reserve requirements of the European Central Bank in respect of ECA Loans made from that Facility Office. |
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If an ECA Lender fails to specify a rate under paragraph 3(a) above, the ECA Facility Agent will assume that the ECA Lender has not incurred any such cost. |
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The ECA Facility Agent may, after consultation with the Borrower and the ECA Lenders, determine and notify all the Parties of any amendment to this Schedule 3 which is required to reflect: |
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any change in law or regulation; or |
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any requirement imposed by the Bank of England, the Financial Services Authority or the European Central Bank (or, in any case, any successor authority). |
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If the ECA Facility Agent, after consultation with the Borrower, determines that the Mandatory Cost for an ECA Lender lending from a Facility Office in the U.K. can be calculated by reference to a screen, the ECA Facility Agent may notify all the Parties of any amendment to this Agreement which is required to reflect this. |
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Schedule 4 : Form of Assignment Notice
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ABN AMRO Bank N.V., London branch, in its capacity as ECA Facility Agent |
Date: |
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Assignment Notice : msn **
[Assignee] (the New ECA Lender) hereby gives notice that on [date of assignment] [Existing ECA Lender] assigned its rights, benefit and interests under and in the ECA loan agreement (the ECA Loan Agreement) dated ** among, inter alios, Madeleine Leasing Limited and the Facility Agent relating to [all][** per cent. (** %)] of its portion of the [British][French][German] Loan to the New ECA Lender in accordance with the provisions of clause 16 of the ECA Loan Agreement.
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Administrative Details of New ECA Lender:
Address:
Contact Name:
Account for Payments:
Fax:
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Schedule 5 : Form of Conversion Confirmation
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ABN AMRO Bank N.V., London branch, in its capacity as ECA Facility Agent |
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[** ] |
ECA Loan Agreement dated ** (the Agreement) in respect of one (1) Airbus A** Aircraft with manufacturer's serial number ** (the Aircraft)
Dear Sirs
Reference is hereby made to the Agreement. Terms defined in the Agreement have the same meaning in this notice.
We hereby give you notice that, pursuant to clause 6.3 (Fixed rate option) of the Agreement, we irrevocably agree to convert the basis for the calculation of interest payable on the ECA Loans to the Fixed Rate notified to us by you on ** on the specified Conversion Date.
We confirm that we have been instructed by the Head Lessee to agree the Fixed Rate and that, at the date hereof, the representations set out in clause 3 (Head Lessee representations) of the All Parties Agreement are true and correct and will be so at the requested Conversion Date and no Default or Mandatory Prepayment Event has occurred or would result from the proposed Conversion.
Yours sincerely
for and on behalf of
Madeleine Leasing Limited
We confirm that we have instructed the Borrower to agree the Fixed Rate and that, at the date hereof, the representations set out in clause 5 (Borrower representations) of the All Parties Agreement are true and correct and will be so at the requested Conversion Date and no Default or Mandatory Prepayment Event has occurred or would result from the proposed Conversion.
for and on behalf of
CIT Aerospace International
Agreed
for and on behalf of
CIT Group Inc.
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Madeleine Leasing Limited |
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The Original French Lender |
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ABN AMRO Bank N.V., |
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Paris branch |
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The Original German Lender |
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authorised for |
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ABN AMRO Bank N.V., |
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Paris branch |
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The Original British Lender |
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authorised for |
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ABN AMRO Bank N.V., |
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Paris branch |
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The French National Agent |
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authorised for |
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ABN AMRO Bank N.V., |
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Paris branch |
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authorised for |
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ABN AMRO Bank N.V., |
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Niederlassung Deutschland |
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The British National Agent |
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ABN AMRO Bank N.V., |
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London branch |
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The ECA Facility Agent |
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ABN AMRO Bank N.V., |
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London branch |
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The Security Trustee |
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authorised for |
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ABN AMRO Bank N.V., |
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London branch |
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