Exhibit 10.7
AMENDED AND RESTATED THIRD AMENDMENT
TO
AIRLINE OPERATING AGREEMENT
AND TERMINAL BUILDING LEASE
MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT
This Amended and Restated Third Amendment to
Airline Operating Agreement and Terminal Building Lease (the
“Amended and Restated Third Amendment”) is entered into
as of the 28th day of December 2007, by and between the
Metropolitan Airports Commission, a public corporation under the
laws of the State of Minnesota (hereinafter sometimes referred to
as “MAC” or “Commission”), and Northwest
Airlines, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the
laws of Minnesota and authorized to do business in the State of
Minnesota (hereinafter referred to as
“AIRLINE”).
WHEREAS, MAC and AIRLINE entered into an
Airline Operating Agreement and Terminal Building Lease effective
January 1, 1999 and amended such agreement as shown on
Exhibit 1 (collectively, “Lease”).
WHEREAS, MAC and AIRLINE
entered into the Third Amendment to Airline Operating Agreement and
Terminal Building Lease dated May 9, 2007 and it has become
necessary to modify certain provisions contained in such Third
Amendment to conform Third Amendment with the form of the 2007A
Amendment to the Airline Operating Agreement and Terminal Building
Lease entered into between MAC and the other Signatory Airlines as
set forth herein.
WHEREAS, AIRLINE, NWA, Inc.
(“NWA”), Northwest Aerospace Training Corporation
(“NATCO)”; collectively with Airline and NWA, the
“Northwest Entities”) and MAC are parties to a series
of agreements and documents with respect to the Minneapolis-St.
Paul Metropolitan Airports Commission General Obligation Revenue
Refunding Bonds, Series 15 (all such agreements, guaranties,
security documents and other documents shall be collectively
referred to as the “GO 15 Documents”).
WHEREAS, the Northwest Entities filed a
petition under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code on
September 14, 2005, which case is pending in the United States
Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York in an
administratively consolidated case entitled In re Northwest
Airlines Corporation et al., Case No. 05-17930(ALG)
(“2005 Bankruptcy Case”).
WHEREAS, as part of its reorganization in the
2005 Bankruptcy Case, AIRLINE and MAC negotiated a comprehensive
resolution of all lease and debt issues between them as set forth
in a Memorandum of Understanding executed by AIRLINE on
February 12, 2007 and by MAC on February 19, 2007
(“MOU”). As part of such comprehensive agreement
documented in the MOU, AIRLINE requested that, and MAC agreed to,
make significant changes to the existing Airline Operating
Agreement and Terminal Building Leases between the MAC and each
Signatory Airline, including AIRLINE’s Lease, that would
provide substantial reductions in rates and charges payable by each
Signatory Airline, including AIRLINE, and requiring that MAC share
revenue generated from various sources at the Airport with such
airlines.
WHEREAS, as part of such comprehensive
agreement, MAC has agreed to amend the existing Airline Operating
Agreement and Terminal Building Leases between the MAC and each
Signatory Airline, including AIRLINE’s Lease on the terms and
conditions set forth herein, provided that (i) each Signatory
Airline shall be entitled to the reduction of rates and charges and
the revenue sharing to be provided by the MAC hereunder only to the
extent that such airline remains in compliance with all of its
obligations to the MAC, and (ii) in the case of AIRLINE,
(a) the Northwest Entities agree that their plan of
reorganization will provide that the Northwest Entities will
continue to fully perform all obligations under the GO 15 Documents
with all such obligations remaining unimpaired, and (b) the GO
15 Documents shall be amended to, among other things, pledge the
right of AIRLINE to receive revenue sharing proceeds to MAC as
security for AIRLINE’S obligations under the GO 15
Documents.
WHEREAS, the Amendment evidenced hereby and the
protections described above are an essential part of the
comprehensive resolution and are fundamental to the Agreement
contained in the MOU.
WHEREAS, in consideration for, among other
things, the foregoing and at AIRLINE’S request, MAC is
willing to allow the future anticipated revenue sharing proceeds to
be used to determine the AIRLINE’S compliance with its
minimum collateral requirements under the GO 15
Documents.
WHEREAS, AIRLINE hereby
acknowledges and accepts that it is reasonable and
non-discriminatory under the circumstances that pursuant to the
Amendment to Lease dated March 29, 2002, MAC may cancel
AIRLINE’s Short Term Gates for any Airline proposing to add
additional air service and desiring to lease a gate directly from
MAC, while the same Short Term Gate provision applicable to other
Signatory Airlines provides MAC the ability to cancel the lease of
a Short Term Gate only for if an Airline presently not leasing
a gate directly from MAC or not currently providing air service to
the airport is proposing to add additional air service and desires
to lease a gate directly from MAC.
NOW
THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, the parties agree to
amend the Lease as follows:
I.
INCORPORATION OF
AIRLINE OPERATING AGREEMENT AND TERMINAL BUILDING LEASE
Except as set forth in this Amended and
Restated Third Amendment, the Lease shall remain in full force and
effect. In the event of a conflict between this Amended and
Restated Third Amendments and the Lease, the provisions of this
Amended and Restated Third Amendment shall control.
II.
DEFINITIONS
All
capitalized terms used in this Amended and Restated Third Amendment
but not defined herein shall have the meanings given them in the
Lease. The following terms, as used herein and in the Lease,
shall have the meanings set forth below and, to the extent any such
term was defined in the Lease, the definition contained in the
Lease shall be deleted and replaced with the definition for such
term set forth below:
A.
“2005 Bankruptcy
Case” means that certain administratively consolidated case
pending in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern
District of New York entitled In re Northwest Airlines
Corporation et al , Case No. 05-17930 (ALG) commenced
pursuant to a petition filed by AIRLINE and its affiliates under
Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code on
September 14, 2005.
B.
“Affiliated
Airline” means an Airline other than Airline that
(a) operates aircraft of 76 passenger seats or less at the
Airport and is party to a code share agreement with AIRLINE
applicable to such Airline’s flights to and from the Airport,
(b) has signed an Airline Operating Agreement and Terminal
Building Lease similar to the form of this Agreement, (c) is
party to an Airline Services Agreement with AIRLINE and
(d) has been designated in writing by AIRLINE as an
“affiliate” of AIRLINE.
C.
“Airline Rented
Space” means the aggregate of that portion of Rentable Space
under lease to all Signatory Airlines.
D.
“Airline Services
Agreement” means any agreement between AIRLINE and any
regional air carrier pursuant to which such air carrier provides
air transportation services for AIRLINE under AIRLINE’s
designator code.
E.
“Amendment Effective
Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section XII of this Amended and Restated Third
Amendment.
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F.
“Annual Gross
Revenue” means rent, concessions fees or similar charges
actually received during any Fiscal Year by MAC from Selected
Concessions. Annual Gross Revenue shall not include sales
taxes, utility fees, consortium fees, key money, customer
facilities charges or other similar “pass through”
charges.
G.
“Auto Rental
Concessions” means all auto rental companies or other
business organizations operating at either the Lindbergh or
Humphrey Terminals pursuant to concessions agreements with
MAC.
H.
“Assumed
Agreements” shall have the meaning given to the term in
Section XII of this Amended and Restated Third
Amendment.
I.
“Debt Service”
means the aggregate amount of principal and interest payments made
by MAC that are due and payable during the Fiscal Year on MAC
financings including but not limited to all future and existing
general obligation revenue bonds, airport revenue bonds, refunding
obligations, commercial paper (excluding the principal amount of
commercial paper reissued during the Fiscal Year) and other debt
instruments of the Commission and specifically including, but not
limited to, those obligations specifically included on
Exhibit 2 attached hereto. In addition, debt service
shall also include:
(i)
amounts paid as prepayment
of obligations, if such prepayment is deemed approved by a
Majority-In-Interest of Signatory Airlines pursuant to the
provisions of Article VII.B. hereof,
Or
(ii)
principal and interest in
accordance with its original scheduled amortization for any
prepayment made by MAC which is not deemed approved by the
Majority-In-Interest of Signatory Airlines in accordance with
(i) above, until such time as the original principal amount of
such prepaid obligation has been recovered by MAC.
J.
“Deferred Revenue
Sharing Amount” shall have the meaning given to the term in
Section VIII.I.4 of this Amended and Restated Third
Amendment.
K.
“Flight” means
a scheduled flight of jet aircraft with not less than 70 passenger
seats.
L.
“Food and Beverage
Concessions” means companies or other business organizations
that sell consumable food or beverages items, excluding vending
operations, to the traveling public at the Lindbergh (excluding
sales from the G Concourse) or Humphrey Terminals, pursuant to
concessions agreements with MAC.
M.
“GO13” means
the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airports Commission Taxable General
Obligation Revenue Bonds, Series 13, outstanding from time to
time.
N.
“GO15” means
the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Airports Commission Taxable
General Obligation Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 15,
outstanding from time to time.
O.
“Humphrey Terminal
Repair and Replacement Surcharge” shall be equal to nine
percent (9%) of the Repair and Replacement Amount. This
allocation shall be adjusted every five years based on increases to
the cost center’s book value.
P.
“Headquarters”
means the corporate office which constitutes (i) the principal
office of AIRLINE or any assignee holding substantially (i.e.,
ninety percent (90%) or more) all of the assets of AIRLINE from
which its business is conducted, and (ii) the principal office
of
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AIRLINE’s or such assignee entity’s
CEO, CFO and a majority of its other senior management team
members.
Q.
“Hub” means
that AIRLINE and its regional Affiliated Airlines which are party
to an Airline Services Agreement with AIRLINE shall maintain at the
Airport no less than an aggregate annual average of 227 daily
departing Flights on which an aggregate annual average of at least
thirty percent (30%) of Enplanements are passengers whose travel
neither originates from nor terminates at the Airport.
R.
“Lindbergh Terminal
Repair and Replacement Surcharge” shall be equal to nineteen
percent (19%) of the Repair and Replacement Amount divided by
Airline Rented Space. This allocation shall be adjusted every
five years based on increases to the cost center’s book
value.
S.
“Landing Fee Repair
and Replacement Amount” shall be equal to sixty-eight percent
(68%) of the Repair and Replacement Amount. This allocation
shall be adjusted every five years based on increases to the cost
center’s book value.
T.
“Merchandise
Concessions” means companies or other business organizations
that sell retail or news products, excluding automated vending
items, to the traveling public at the Lindbergh (excluding sales
from the G Concourse) or Humphrey Terminals, pursuant to
concessions agreements with MAC.
U.
“Net Revenues”
has the meaning provided for in the Trust Indenture.
V.
“Repair and
Replacement Amount” means a $15 million deposit for Fiscal
Year 2006, and increased by three percent (3%) per annum for each
Fiscal Year thereafter compounded annually (i.e., $15.45 million in
Fiscal Year 2007, $15.91 million in Fiscal Year 2008, etc.) to a
Repair and Replacement subaccount within the construction fund to
be expended for major maintenance and minor (less than $2 million)
capital projects, except for automobile parking facilities and
roadways.
W.
“Selected
Concessions” means Food and Beverage Concessions, Merchandise
Concessions, and Auto Rental Concessions.
X.
“Selected
Concessions Revenues Escalation Factor” means the following
annual percentage escalation factors (compounded) to be applied to
the dollar thresholds provided in Section VIII.I.1:
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Year
|
|
Annual Escalation Factor
|
|
|
2006
|
|
Base Year
|
|
|
2007
|
|
1.77
|
%
|
|
2008
|
|
4.75
|
%
|
|
2009
|
|
4.47
|
%
|
|
2010
|
|
4.46
|
%
|
|
2011
|
|
4.20
|
%
|
|
2012
|
|
4.73
|
%
|
|
2013
|
|
4.46
|
%
|
|
2014
|
|
4.47
|
%
|
|
2015
|
|
4.46
|
%
|
|
2016
|
|
4.46
|
%
|
|
2017
|
|
4.46
|
%
|
|
2018
|
|
4.47
|
%
|
|
2019
|
|
4.47
|
%
|
|
2020
|
|
4.47
|
%
|
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Y.
“Terminal
Apron” and “Terminal Ramp” shall be
interchangeable terms and both terms shall mean the airport parking
apron as shown on Exhibit D to the Lease, together with any
additions and/or changes thereto.
Z.
“Terminal Apron
Repair and Replacement Amount” shall be equal to four percent
(4%) of the Repair and Replacement Amount. This allocation
shall be adjusted every five years based on increases to the cost
center’s book value.
III.
TERM
Article II. “Term” of the
Lease is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the
following:
II.
Term
.
The
term of this Agreement shall begin as of the Amendment Effective
Date of this Agreement and end December 31, 2020 for all
portions of the Premises, provided that the conditions for
AIRLINE’s lease of the G Concourse during the period
commencing on January 1, 2016 and ending December 31,
2020 shall be determined as set forth in Article II.A. below
(hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Term”),
and the rents, fees and other charges established by this Agreement
shall apply to said term.
In
addition to the foregoing:
A.
The conditions on which
MAC will lease the G Concourse to AIRLINE during the period
commencing January 1, 2016 and ending December 31, 2020
will be determined by the mutual agreement of the parties at the
time the 2020 Plan is incorporated into the Lease, recognizing
that it is the objective of both parties that (i) MAC
assume operational control of the G Concourse during such period
while continuing to lease to AIRLINE all gate, holdroom, ramp,
office, support and operational spaces leased to AIRLINE on the
Amendment Effective Date, and (ii) there shall be no
substantive change in the net economic impact to either party
taking into consideration all revenue and costs associated with
operation and maintenance of the G Concourse, including, but not
limited to, concession areas, gates, holdrooms, ramp and support
and operations space.
B.
AIRLINE shall not enter
into any agreement that could affect the operation of the G
Concourse after December 31, 2015 without the prior written
consent of MAC.
IV.
USE
OF THE INTERNATIONAL ARRIVALS FACILITY
Article III.C
“Use of the International Arrivals Facility” shall be
deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
C.
Use of the
International Arrivals Facility
MAC
will control prioritization and utilization of the IAF and
associated gates for international arrivals by Airlines providing
International Regularly Scheduled Airline Service and may develop
prioritization procedures not inconsistent with the terms of this
Agreement. The provisions in this Section C. shall continue
through December 31, 2020.
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1.
In order to use the
International Arrivals Facility, AIRLINE must maintain its status
as International Regularly Scheduled Airline Service. AIRLINE shall
provide MAC a detailed written certification for each numbered
element on Exhibit H, upon MAC’s request. MAC retains
the right to verify the status of AIRLINE and determine whether
AIRLINE qualifies as International Regularly Scheduled Airline
Service.
2.
Gates G1 through G10 and
associated passenger loading bridges, ramp access and lobby and
baggage facilities on Concourse G currently leased by Northwest
Airlines, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as
“Northwest” or “Northwest Airlines”) shall
be made available for access to the International Arrivals Facility
based on the following priority of use:
a.
International Regularly
Scheduled Airline Service as defined in Exhibit H.
b.
Northwest or a Northwest
Affiliated Airline domestic arrivals and departures.
c.
Non-scheduled irregular or
delayed international charter arrivals when the expected delay for
the flight to use the Humphrey Terminal facility will exceed 90
minutes and the use of an IAF gate will not interfere with the
scheduled use of that gate. Such interference shall be defined as
the overlap of the non-scheduled use with the scheduled use such
that the scheduled flight will have to be relocated to another
concourse for its operation or will have to wait for a gate due to
the unavailability of any gate. Use of an IAF gate by a
non-scheduled flight is subject to Northwest’s approval; such
approval is not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Northwest
shall designate an individual on site to give necessary
approvals.
3.
Northwest shall provide
all Ground Handling at the IAF gates subject to either (i) air
carrier self-handling rights contained in AIP grant assurances, at
rates that do not exceed those specified in the Mutual Assistance
Ground Service Agreement, or (ii) authorize the use of a third
party ground handling company to provide Ground Handling at the IAF
gates upon a requesting airline executing the memorandum of
understanding included as Exhibit W. Northwest shall
also provide reasonable access for air carriers to data and
communications systems at gates G1-G10.
4.
No Airline aircraft will
remain on gates G1-G10 over two hours if a narrow-body or three
hours if a wide-body. Northwest will coordinate any moving of
aircraft with MAC’s operations department, FAA and
appropriate federal inspections agencies.
5.
AIRLINE, if it
self-handles, or Northwest, if it provides Ground Handling to
AIRLINE, on gates G1-G10, shall handle and dispose of all
international waste on AIRLINE’s aircraft in accordance with
the requirements of the United States Department of
Agriculture.
6.
Northwest shall be
responsible for all maintenance, repair, and operation of MAC jet
bridges provided by MAC as part of the IAF. Northwest shall
make the MAC jet bridges available for use by all users of the IAF
without additional charge.
Exhibit W has been attached to this
Amendment as Exhibit 7
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V.
ACCOMMODATION OF OTHER
AIRLINES
Article IV.E. “Accommodation of
Other Airlines” of the Lease is hereby deleted in its
entirety and replaced with the following
Article IV.E.:
1.
Thirty (30) days in
advance of each schedule change AIRLINE shall provide MAC with a
copy of the published schedule and a gate plot showing all times
when aircraft are scheduled to be utilizing each Preferential Use
gate, including aircraft type, projected arrival and departure
times, and point of origin or destination, including activities by
subtenants or airlines being accommodated.
2.
In furtherance of the
public interest of having the Airport’s capacity fully and
more effectively utilized, it is recognized by AIRLINE and MAC that
(i) AIRLINE shall be prohibited from subleasing any of its
Premises to another Airline without the prior written consent of
MAC, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed, or
conditioned, however MAC shall not be required to approve any
sublease if there is vacant space available from MAC and
(ii) from time to time during the term of this Agreement it
may become necessary for the AIRLINE to accommodate another Airline
within its Premises or for MAC unilaterally to require AIRLINE to
accommodate another Airline(s) within AIRLINE’s Premises
as required for the following:
a.
To comply with any
applicable rule, regulation, order or statute of any governmental
entity that has jurisdiction over MAC, and to comply with federal
grant assurances applicable to MAC.
b.
To implement a Capital
Project at the Airport.
c.
To facilitate the
providing of air services at the Airport by an Airline
(“Requesting Airline”) when no Airline serving the
Airport is willing to accommodate the Requesting Airline’s
operational needs or requirements for facilities at reasonable
costs or on other reasonable terms.
d.
To accommodate the
irregular activity of another Airline (“Irregular
Need”).
e.
To accommodate the
Irregular Need of AIRLINE. To the extent possible, AIRLINE
shall accommodate its Irregular Need on its Preferential Use
gate(s). When such activity may not be accommodated on
AIRLINE’S Preferential Use gate(s), AIRLINE shall seek
accommodation from other Airlines on its own through coordination
among such Airlines’ supervisors and managers. In the
event accommodation cannot be found on another Airline’s
premises, AIRLINE may seek assistance from MAC. MAC’s
options shall include assigning use of non-leased gate premises or
referring AIRLINE to MAC’s agent responsible for managing
MAC’s remote parking locations. For an Irregular Need,
MAC shall not be responsible for unilaterally accommodating an
Airline on another Airline’s leased premises. AIRLINE will be
responsible for payment of all applicable fees and charges
including, if applicable, appropriate FIS charges in connection
with such accommodation.
f.
To accommodate a flight
that has declared an emergency and such flight shall have priority
over all other flight scheduling.
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3.
In responding to a request
for facilities for either a Requesting Airline or to accommodate
Irregular Need, MAC shall first work with the Requesting Airline or
Airline seeking accommodation of Irregular Need to use existing
Common Use Space or unassigned space, if any is
available.
4.
When necessary, MAC shall
make a determination as to whether any Airline has underutilized
facilities or capacity available. In making such
determination MAC shall not act unreasonably. Such
determinations by MAC shall take into consideration the
following:
a.
The then existing utilization of
AIRLINE’s Premises (including any requirements for spare
gates and accommodation of AIRLINE’s Affiliates) and any bona
fide plan of AIRLINE or any other Airline for the increased
utilization of the AIRLINE’s Premises to be implemented
within twelve (12) months thereafter (any non-public information
provided by AIRLINE regarding planned or proposed routes, schedules
or operations shall be treated as confidential by MAC to the
maximum extent permitted by law).
b.
The need for compatibility among the
current schedules, including RON requirements, flight times,
operations, operating procedures and equipment of AIRLINE (and its
Affiliate(s)) or any other Airline and those of the Requesting
Airline or the Airline seeking accommodation of Irregular Need, as
well as the need for labor harmony, facilities, resources, and
other relevant factors.
c.
During irregular operations,
AIRLINE’S scheduled operations will have priority over any
accommodated Airline on its Premises.
d.
Any flights scheduled on
AIRLINE’s Preferential use gate(s) must vacate the gate
at least 45 minutes before the next use by AIRLINE.
e.
The maximum gate occupancy by narrow
body aircraft for a Requesting Airline or an Airline seeking
accommodation of Irregular Need shall be 45 minutes for an arrival,
45 minutes for a departure, or 1 hour and 30 minutes for a combined
turn.
f.
The maximum scheduled gate occupancy
by wide body aircraft for a Requesting Airline or an Airline
seeking accommodation of Irregular Need shall be 1 hour for an
arrival, 1 hour for a departure, or 2 hours for a combined
turn.
g.
Any aircraft occupying a gate longer
than the above timeframes may be required to vacate the gate to
accommodate other operations. Should this occur, upon
AIRLINE’s request MAC will notify the Airline being
accommodated as soon as MAC becomes aware of the requirement, but
in any event no later than 15 minutes before the time that actual
vacating is required. Failure to vacate shall result in the
imposition of additional overtime fees by AIRLINE to the
accommodated Airline. If an Airline being accommodated does not
vacate a gate as required, and AIRLINE requires the use of such
gate, upon AIRLINE’s request MAC shall instruct Airline to
remove its aircraft to another location leased by the Airline or to
a remote location as designated by MAC’s agent. If
failure of the accommodated Airline to remove its aircraft results
in AIRLINE requiring remote parking from MAC, MAC shall invoice
the
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accommodated Airline for any remote parking
fees that would be charged to AIRLINE.
h.
Before MAC accommodates a Requesting
Airline within AIRLINE’s Premises, MAC must give AIRLINE ten
(10) days prior written notice of its intent. AIRLINE must
accept accommodation or notify MAC within ten (10) business
days after AIRLINE’s receipt of such notice that it wishes to
meet with MAC to show cause why the accommodation should not be
made.
5.
The accommodated Airline
shall be responsible for the payment of all applicable fees and
charges for such use, including but not limited to appropriate FIS
charges and overtime fees.
6.
In the event that any
portion of AIRLINE’s Premises are used to accommodate another
Airline or Irregular Need:
a.
AIRLINE shall be authorized to
(i) charge such accommodated Airline a reasonable
accommodation fee and (ii) require from the accommodated
Airline an indemnity and defense undertaking, so long as such
undertaking is not more favorable to AIRLINE than that which
AIRLINE provide to MAC.
b.
Each accommodated Airline shall be
responsible for (i) ensuring that its agents, employees, and
contractors are properly qualified prior to operating any and all
equipment and (ii) are responsible for securing jetway doors
upon completion of use.
c.
AIRLINE shall not be required to
indemnify and save harmless MAC, its employees or agents with
regard to any claim for damages or personal injury arising out of
any accommodated Airline’s use of AIRLINE’s premises,
unless caused by the negligence of AIRLINE;
d.
AIRLINE shall not be liable to any
accommodated Airline or any of its agents, employees, servants or
invitees, for any damage to persons or property due to the
condition or design or any defect in the Premises which may exist
or subsequently occur, and such accommodated Airline, with respect
to it and its agents, employees, servants and invitees shall be
deemed to have expressly assumed all risk and damage to persons and
property, either proximate or remote, by reason of the present or
future condition or use of AIRLINE’S Premises. Further,
such accommodated Airline shall be deemed to have agreed to
release, indemnify, hold harmless and defend AIRLINE, the MAC, and
their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, successors
and assigns, from and against any and all suits, claims, actions,
damages, liabilities and expenses (including, without limitation,
attorneys’ fees, costs and related expenses) for bodily or
personal injury or death to any persons and for any loss of, damage
to, or destruction of any property, including loss of use,
incidental and consequential damage thereof, arising out of or in
any manner connected with the use of AIRLINE’S Premises by
such accommodate Airline or any of its agents, representatives,
employees, contractors or invitees, whether or not occurring or
arising out of the negligence, whether sole, joint, concurrent,
comparative, active, passive, imputed or any other type, of
AIRLINE, MAC or their respective officers, directors, employees or
agents; provided, however, the
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foregoing indemnification shall not apply to
any claim or liability resulting from the gross negligence or
willful misconduct of AIRLINE, its officers, directors, employees
or agents.
e.
MAC shall be responsible for ensuring
that such accommodated Airline has in full force and effect
MAC’s required insurance coverages.
f.
Without limiting any other provision
of this Amended and Restated Third Amendment, AIRLINE’s duty
to accommodate another airline shall be conditioned on and subject
to the satisfaction of all requirements of this
Section 6.
7.
In the event of a labor
stoppage or other event which results in the cessation or
substantial reduction in AIRLINE’s flights operations at the
Airport, AIRLINE will immediately take all reasonable efforts,
including but not limited to, moving of aircraft or equipment,
providing access to AIRLINE’s holdrooms and jet bridges or
anything else in AIRLINE’s control, in order to accommodate
the operations of other Airlines providing air service to the
Airport; provided that: (a) AIRLINE at all times will have
access to its premises and equipment for operational reasons and
(b) AIRLINE shall not be required to take any action which
would interfere with its ability to re-institute service upon
cessation of labor stoppage or other event. Subject to a
mutually acceptable agreement between MAC and AIRLINE covering such
use, AIRLINE shall have the right to charge reasonable fees and to
require reasonable advance payment for such use of AIRLINE’s
gates, holdroom areas, and loading bridges (and any such fees not
in excess of 115% of the rates and charges payable by AIRLINE
hereunder for such premises shall be deemed reasonable).
8.
The foregoing shall not be
deemed to abrogate, change, or affect any restrictions, limitations
or prohibitions on assignment or use of the AIRLINE’s
Premises by others under this Agreement and shall not in any manner
affect, waive or change any of the provisions thereof.
VI.
SHORT TERM
GATES
Article IV.H. “Short Term
Gates” of the Lease is hereby deleted and replaced with the
following:
H.
Short Term
Gates
The
holdrooms, aircraft parking positions and operations space
associated with gates as shown on Exhibit V (hereinafter
referred to as “Short Term Gates”) shall be made
available to Airlines on the following basis in order to promote
Airport access on fair and reasonable terms:
1.
AIRLINE shall lease Short
Term Gate space under its control on the same basis as provided in
this Agreement, except as provided in this Section.
2.
MAC may, in its
discretion, cancel the lease of a Short Term Gate leased by AIRLINE
if an Airline is proposing to add additional air service and
desires to lease a gate directly from MAC. The following procedures
shall be followed before a Short Term Gate lease may be
cancelled:
a.
If an Airline is proposing
to add additional air service and desires to lease a gate directly
from MAC, MAC may in its discretion issue a Notice of
Cancellation. The Notice of Cancellation may become effective
after ninety (90) days.
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b.
In the event of a decision
to cancel a Short Term Gate, MAC will work with AIRLINE to attempt
to accommodate AIRLINE’s schedule pursuant to the procedures
of Article IV.E.3.
c.
MAC may extend the time
periods set forth in this provision for good cause, e.g. the
unavailability of replacement jet bridges or other ground
equipment.
d.
Of Gates D1-D6 leased to
AIRLINE, MAC shall cancel the lease for Gate D2 last.
3.
In the event MAC cancels
the lease of a Short Term Gate pursuant to this Section IV.H.,
it shall compensate AIRLINE for the unamortized cost of
improvements made to the leased premises of a Short Term
Gate. AIRLINE shall retain and remove AIRLINE property (e.g.
jet bridge or other ground equipment, computers, inserts) or may
negotiate their sale.
4.
The appearance of a Short
Term Gate shall be “generic” i.e. generic carpet,
neutral wall finishes and no distinguishing colors on the podium or
backwall except as to improvements existing as of the date of this
Agreement. AIRLINE may hang corporate banners or posters and
name identification signs so long as they can be detached without
significantly damaging the premises or AIRLINE commits to restoring
the premises without cost to MAC.
5.
If AIRLINE is leasing only
one holdroom from MAC, it may request that MAC remove the Short
Term Gate designation from a holdroom by demonstrating that it has
met the following conditions:
a.
AIRLINE has not been in
default on any rental, security deposit, PFC or other payment
obligation to MAC under the Lease or this Amended and Restated
Third Amendment during the prior twelve consecutive months;
and
b.
AIRLINE has maintained an
Average Daily Utilization at least equal to seven departures for
each of the previous twelve consecutive months. For purposes
of this provision “Average Daily Utilization” shall
mean the number of AIRLINE’s and any Affiliated
Airline’s scheduled aircraft departures using the gate with
aircraft of fifty or more seats in a calendar month, divided by the
number of days in that calendar month; provided, however, that if
AIRLINE’s or the Affiliated Airline’s actual flight
activity differs by more than five percent (5%) from its published
schedule in any calendar month, MAC shall use AIRLINE’s or
the Affiliated Airline’s actual total departures for purpose
of calculating Average Daily Utilization.
6.
If AIRLINE is leasing
three (3) or fewer holdrooms from MAC, MAC agrees to not
cancel the lease of more than one Short Term Gate AIRLINE may be
leasing in accordance with the procedures identified in
Article IV.H.2. as long as AIRLINE has adhered to the payment
and utilization requirements identified within Article IV.H.5.
for all leased gates for the previous twelve (12) consecutive
months.
Exhibit V to the Lease has been attached
hereto as Exhibit 5.
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VII.
RENTS, FEES, AND
CHARGES
Article V.B. “Rents, Fees, and
Charges” of the Lease is hereby deleted in its entirety and
replaced with the following:
B.
Rents, Fees, and
Charges
1.
Landing
Fees
AIRLINE shall pay to MAC monthly landing fees
to be determined by multiplying the number of 1,000-pound units of
AIRLINE’s Total Landed Weight during the month by the
then-current landing fee rate. The landing fee rate shall be
calculated according to procedures set forth in Article VI or
Article VI. (Alternate).
2.
Environmental
Surcharges . Intentionally Omitted.
3.
Terminal Apron
Fees
AIRLINE shall pay to MAC monthly Terminal Apron
fees to be determined by multiplying the number of lineal feet of
Terminal Apron under lease to AIRLINE (excluding Concourses A and
B) during the month by the then-current Terminal Apron rate.
The Terminal Apron rate shall be calculated according to the
procedures set forth in Article VI or Article VI.
(Alternate) hereof.
4.
Concourse A and B
Terminal Apron Fees
AIRLINE shall pay to MAC monthly Terminal Apron
Fees associated with Concourses A and B at the rate of fifty
percent (50%) of the lineal feet associated with Concourses A and
B.
5.
Terminal Building Rents
and Surcharge
AIRLINE shall pay to MAC monthly Terminal
Building rentals and the Lindbergh Terminal Repair and Replacement
Surcharge for its Exclusive (janitored and unjanitored),
Preferential and Common Use Space in the Terminal Building.
The Terminal Building rental rates shall be calculated according to
the procedures set forth in Article VI or Article VI.
(Alternate).
Terminal Building rentals for Common Use Space
(except the IAF) shall be prorated among Signatory Airlines using
the Common Use Formula.
6.
Carrousel and Conveyor
Charges
AIRLINE shall pay to MAC monthly carrousel and
conveyor charges based upon maintenance and operating costs and
Debt Service. The carrousel and conveyor charges shall be
calculated according to the procedures set forth in Article VI
or Article VI. (Alternate) and shall be prorated among
Signatory Airlines using the Common Use Formula.
7.
IAF Gate
Fees
AIRLINE shall pay to MAC monthly IAF gate fees
determined by multiplying the number of arrivals at the IAF by
AIRLINE’s propeller aircraft, narrow-body jet aircraft, and
wide-body jet aircraft by $400, $800, and $1,200,
respectively.
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8.
IAF Use
Fees
AIRLINE shall pay to MAC monthly IAF use fees
determined by multiplying the number of AIRLINE’s
international passengers arriving at the IAF during the month by
the IAF use fee rate. The IAF use fee rate shall be calculated
according to procedures set forth in Article VI or
Article VI. (Alternate).
9.
Other Fees and
Charges
AIRLINE shall pay to MAC reasonable fees for
the various other services provided by MAC to AIRLINE. These
services include, but may not be limited to, the
following:
a.
Use of the Humphrey
Terminal and Humphrey ramp at rates established from time to time
by MAC.
b.
Use of Garage Parking
Cards by AIRLINE’s employees at rates set forth in the
Guidelines for Administering Validated Airport Parking.
c.
Use of designated employee
parking facilities by AIRLINE’s employees at rates
established from time to time by MAC.
d.
Non-routine Terminal Apron
cleaning and other special services requested by AIRLINE at rates
that reflect the costs incurred by MAC.
e.
Security and personnel
identification badges for AIRLINE’s personnel at rates
established from time to time by MAC.
f.
Office services, such as
facsimile, photocopying, or telephone provided by MAC. Charges for
these services shall be at the rates that MAC customarily charges
for such services.
g.
Charges for the cost of
separately metered water and sewer and other such utilities not
otherwise included in the calculation of rents, fees, and
charges.
VIII.
CALCULATION OF RENTS, FEES,
AND CHARGES
Article VI (Alternate), “Calculation
of Rents, Fees and Charges” is hereby added to the Lease and
shall be placed immediately following Article VI
(“Calculation of Rents, Fees, and Charges”) as
follows:
VI
(ALTERNATE).
CALCULATION OF RENTS,
FEES AND CHARGES .
A.
General
Notwithstanding Article VI hereof,
effective January 1, 2006, and for each Fiscal Year
thereafter, rents, fees, and charges will be reviewed and
recalculated based on the principles and procedures set forth in
this Article VI (Alternate). The annual costs associated
with each of the indirect cost centers shall be allocated to each
of the Airport Cost Centers based on the allocations as set forth
in Exhibit M, Indirect Cost Center Allocation, which
allocations may be amended from time to time by mutual consent of
MAC and a Majority-In-Interest of Signatory Airlines. Such
consent may not be unreasonably withheld.
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B.
Calculation/Coordination
Procedures
1.
AIRLINE shall provide to
MAC: (a) on or before August 1 of each year a preliminary
estimate of Total Landed Weight and Enplaned Passenger for the
succeeding calendar year of AIRLINE and each Affiliated Airline,
unless separately reported to MAC by such Affiliated Airline; and
(b) on or before October 1 of each year a final estimate
of such weight. If the final estimate is not so received, MAC
may continue to rely on the preliminary estimate for the MAC
budgeting process. MAC will utilize the forecast in
developing its preliminary calculation of Total Landed Weight and
Enplaned Passengers for use in the calculation of rents, fees, and
charges for the ensuing Fiscal Year.
2.
On or before
October 15 of each Fiscal Year, MAC shall submit to AIRLINE a
preliminary calculation of rents, fees, and charges for the ensuing
Fiscal Year. The preliminary calculation of rents, fees, and
charges will include, among others, MAC’s estimate of all
revenue items, Operation and Maintenance Expenses, Debt Service,
Capital Outlays, required deposits, including amounts necessary to
be deposited in the Coverage Account in order to meet MAC’s
rate covenant under the Trust Indenture, and Rentable
Space.
3.
Within fifteen (15) days
after receipt of the preliminary calculation of rents, fees, and
charges, if requested by the Signatory Airlines, a meeting shall be
scheduled between MAC and the Signatory Airlines to review and
discuss the proposed rents, fees, and charges.
4.
MAC shall then complete a
calculation of rents, fees, and charges at such time as the budget
is approved, taking into consideration the comments or suggestions
of AIRLINE and the other Signatory Airlines.
5.
If, for any reason,
MAC’s annual budget has not been adopted by the first day of
any Fiscal Year, the rents, fees, and charges for the Fiscal Year
will initially be established based on the preliminary calculation
of rents, fees, and charges until such time as the annual budget
has been adopted by MAC. At such time as the annual budget has been
adopted by MAC, the rents, fees, and charges will be recalculated,
if necessary, to reflect the adopted annual budget and made
retroactive to the first day of the Fiscal Year.
6.
If, during the course of
the year, MAC believes significant variances exist in budgeted or
estimated amounts that were used to calculate rents, fees, and
charges for the then current Fiscal Year, MAC may after notice to
Airlines adjust the rents, fees, and charges for future reports to
reflect current estimated amounts.
C.
Landing
Fees
MAC
shall calculate the landing fee rate in the following manner and as
illustrated in Exhibit N (revised).
1.
The total estimated
Airfield Cost shall be calculated by totaling the following annual
amounts:
a.
The total estimated direct
and allocated indirect Operation and Maintenance Expenses allocable
to the Airfield cost center.
b.
The estimated Debt Service
net of amounts paid from PFCs or grants allocable to the Airfield
cost center.
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c.
The cost of Runway 17/35
deferred and not yet charged from the date of occupancy through
December 31, 2005 will be charged starting January 1,
2006 through December 31, 2035 at $79,535.16
annually.
d.
The Landing Fee Repair and
Replacement Amount.
e.
The amount of any fine,
assessment, judgment, settlement, or extraordinary charge (net of
insurance proceeds) paid by MAC in connection with the operations
on the Airfield, to the extent not otherwise covered by
Article X hereof.
f.
The amounts required to be
deposited to funds and accounts pursuant to the terms of the Trust
Indenture, including, but not limited to, its Debt Service reserve
funds allocable to the Airfield cost center. MAC agrees to
exclude from the calculation of landing fees the amounts which it
may deposit from time to time to the maintenance and operation
reserve account and the Coverage Account established and maintained
pursuant to the Trust Indenture except for such amounts which are
necessary to be deposited to the Coverage Account in order for MAC
to meet its rate covenant under the Trust Indenture.
2.
The total estimated
Airfield Cost shall be adjusted by the total estimated annual
amounts of the following items to determine the Net Airfield
Cost:
a.
Service fees received from
the military, to the extent such fees relate to the use of the
Airfield;
b.
General aviation and
non-signatory landing fees;
c.
Debt Service on the
Capital Cost, if any, disapproved by a Majority-In-
Interest of Signatory
Airlines.
3.
The Net Airfield Cost
shall then be divided by the estimated Total Landed Weight
(expressed in thousands of pounds) of the Signatory Airlines
operating at the Airport to determine the landing fee rate per
1,000 pounds of aircraft weight for a given Fiscal Year.
D.
Terminal Apron
Fees
MAC
shall calculate the Terminal Apron rate in the following manner and
as illustrated in Exhibit N (revised).
1.
The total estimated
Terminal Apron Cost shall be calculated by totaling the following
annual amounts:
a.
The total estimated direct
and allocated indirect Operation and Maintenance Expenses allocable
to the Terminal Apron cost center.
b.
The estimated Debt Service
net of amounts paid from PFCs or grants allocable to the Terminal
Apron cost center (excluding hydrant fueling repairs and
modifications).
c.
The cost of Concourse A
and B Apron Area deferred and not yet charged from the date of
occupancy through December 31, 2005 will be charged
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starting January 1, 2006 through
December 31, 2035 at $159,950.19 annually.
d.
The amounts required to be
deposited to funds and accounts pursuant to the terms of the Trust
Indenture, including, but not limited to, its Debt Service reserve
funds allocable to the Terminal Apron cost center. MAC agrees
to exclude from the calculation of Terminal Apron fees the amounts
which it may deposit from time to time to the maintenance and
operation reserve account and the Coverage Account established and
maintained pursuant to the Trust Indenture except for such amounts
which are necessary to be deposited to the Coverage Account in
order for MAC to meet its rate covenant under the Trust
Indenture.
e.
The Terminal Apron Repair
and Replacement Amount.
2.
The Terminal Apron Cost
shall then be divided by the total estimated lineal feet of
Terminal Apron, to determine the Terminal Apron rate per lineal
foot for a given Fiscal Year. For the purposes of this calculation,
lineal feet of Terminal Apron shall be computed as the sum of the
following:
a.
Lineal feet of the
Terminal Apron (excluding the Terminal Apron associated with
Concourses A & B); and
b.
Fifty percent (50%) of
lineal feet of the Terminal Apron associated with Concourse
A & B
E.
Terminal Building
Rents
MAC
shall calculate the terminal building rental rate for unjanitored
and janitored space in the Terminal Building as set forth in
subsections 1 and 2 of this Article VI. (Alternate)
E.
1.
MAC shall calculate the
terminal building rental rate for unjanitored space in the Terminal
Building in the following manner and as illustrated in
Exhibit N (revised).
a.
The total estimated
Terminal Building Cost shall be calculated by totaling the
following annual amounts:
1)
The total estimated direct
and allocated indirect Operation and Maintenance Expenses allocable
to the Terminal Building cost center.
2)
The estimated direct and
allocated Debt Service net of amounts paid from PFCs or grants
allocable to the Terminal Building cost center.
3)
The cost of Concourse A,
B, C and D deferred and not yet charged from date of occupancy
through December 31, 2005 will be charged starting
January 1, 2006 through December 31, 2035 at
$2,910,547.40 annually.
4)
The amounts required to be
deposited to funds and accounts pursuant to the terms of the Trust
Indenture, including, but not limited to, its Debt Service reserve
funds allocable to the Terminal Building cost center. MAC
agrees to exclude from the calculation of Terminal Rents the
amounts which it may deposit from time to
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time to the maintenance and operation reserve
account and the Coverage Account established and maintained
pursuant to the Trust Indenture except for such amounts which are
necessary to be deposited to the Coverage Account in order for MAC
to meet its rate covenant under the Trust Indenture.
b.
The total estimated
Terminal Building Cost shall be reduced by the total estimated
annual amounts of the following items to determine the Net Terminal
Building Cost:
1)
Reimbursed
expense:
a)
Steam and chilled water on
the G Concourse;
b)
Carrousel and conveyor
Capital Cost and Operation and Maintenance Expense;
c)
Ground Power;
d)
Loading Dock;
and
e)
Consortium
Utilities.
2)
Janitorial Operation and
Maintenance Expenses, as determined by MAC.
c.
The Net Terminal Building
Cost shall then be divided by the total estimated Rentable Space in
the Terminal Building to determine the terminal building rental
rate per square foot for unjanitored space for a given Fiscal
Year. (See Initial Rentable Square Footage,
Exhibit O).
2.
MAC shall calculate the
terminal building rental rate for janitored space by totaling the
following rates and as illustrated in Exhibit N
(revised):
a.
The terminal building
rental rate per square foot for unjanitored space for a given
Fiscal Year, as calculated in this Section; and
b.
An additional rate per
square foot, the janitored rate, calculated by dividing the total
estimated direct janitorial Operation and Maintenance Expenses, as
determined by MAC, by the total janitored space in the Terminal
Building (excluding MAC and mechanical space).
F.
Carrousel and Conveyor
Charge
1.
MAC shall calculate the
carrousel and conveyor charge, as illustrated in Exhibit N
(revised), by totaling the following annual amounts: equipment
charges associated with the carrousel and conveyor, including
annual Debt Service, maintenance expense, and service
charge.
2.
MAC shall prorate the
carrousel and conveyor charge among the Signatory Airlines using
the Common Use Formula.
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G.
IAF Use
Fees
The
IAF use fee for use of the IAF and any associated gates shall be
effective through December 31, 2015 and shall be based
upon:
1.
The cost of the
maintenance and operation of the International Arrivals Facility
which may include, but is not limited to:
a.
utilities;
b.
cleaning:
c.
maintenance (including the
costs of maintaining the security equipment that existed as of
April 1998);
d.
police, fire, and
administrative cost allocation;
e.
costs of providing
passenger baggage carts, if any;
f.
costs of providing staff
parking for federal inspections agency staff; and
g.
$4.17 per square foot
recoupment for lost rental area in the G Concourse.
2.
Costs associated with the
operation of dual international arrivals facility locations at the
Airport, based on the appropriate allocation of costs between the
two facilities, not otherwise funded by the federal inspections
agencies including, but not limited to additional personnel and
equipment used by those agencies; and
3.
Debt Service, if any;
and
Items (1) through (3) above, for
which AIRLINE will be billed monthly, shall be set annually at an
estimated charge through MAC’s budget process and then
adjusted at year end for actual costs pursuant to certified audit
by MAC’s external auditors and such difference shall be
charged or credited to AIRLINE and paid by AIRLINE or MAC within
thirty (30) days thereafter.
H.
Year-End Adjustments of
Rents, Fees, and Charges
1.
As soon as practical
following the close of each Fiscal Year, but in no event later than
July 1, MAC shall furnish AIRLINE with an accounting of the
costs actually incurred and revenues and credits actually realized
during such Fiscal Year with respect to each of the components of
the calculation of the rents, fees, and charges calculated pursuant
to this Article broken down by rate making Cost
Center.
2.
In the event
AIRLINE’s rents, fees, and charges billed during the Fiscal
Year exceed the amount of AIRLINE’s rents, fees, and charges
required (as recalculated based on actual costs and revenues), such
excess shall be refunded or credited to AIRLINE.
3.
In the event
AIRLINE’s rents, fees, and charges billed during the Fiscal
Year are less than the amount of AIRLINE’s rents, fees, and
charges required (as recalculated based on actual costs and
revenues), such deficiency shall be charged to AIRLINE in a
supplemental billing.
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I.
Revenue
Sharing
1.
Beginning January 1,
2006, subject to Section XII of the Amended and Restated Third
Amendment to the Airline Operating Agreement and Terminal Building
Lease, in conjunction with its Year End Adjustments of Rents, Fees
and Charges, MAC will rebate to AIRLINE a portion of the Annual
Gross Revenues for Selected Concessions for the most recent Fiscal
Year under the following schedule (“Revenue Sharing”)
(all dollar amounts set forth in this Article VI (Alternate)
shall apply for 2006 only and shall be escalated for each Fiscal
Year after 2006 on an annual compounded basis by the Selected
Concession Revenue Escalation Factor):
a.
If Annual Gross Revenues
for the Selected Concessions for 2006 are between $25 million and
$32.299 million for the Fiscal Year, 25% of gross
revenues;
b.
If Annual Gross Revenues
for the Selected Concessions are above $ 32.299 million for the
Fiscal Year, 25% of gross revenues up to $32.299 million and 50% of
gross revenues above $32.299 million;
2.
Reduced sharing of gross
revenues if Annual Gross Revenues for the Selected Concessions are
below $25 million for the Fiscal Year;
a.
$24 million to $24.99
million – 20%
b.
$23 million to $23.99
million – 15%
c.
$22 million to $22.99
million – 10%
d.
$21 million to $21.99
million – 5%
3.
The total rebate amount
shall be allocated among Signatory Airlines according to their pro
rata share of Enplaned Passengers for the Fiscal Year and shall be
structured as a post-year-end check to AIRLINE issued by MAC no
later than 240 days following each Fiscal Year, subject to
correction following any applicable audit;
4.
Notwithstanding the
foregoing, MAC shall have the right to reduce the amount of Revenue
Sharing with respect to any Fiscal Year to the extent necessary so
that the Net Revenues of the MAC taking into account the Revenue
Sharing for such Fiscal Year will not be less than 1.25x of the
total Debt Service of MAC for such Fiscal Year. In the event
that the Revenue Sharing is reduced in any Fiscal Year by any
amount (the “Deferred Revenue Sharing Amount”) as a
result of the operation of this Article VI. (Alternate), MAC
will accrue the Deferred Revenue Sharing Amount and credit such
amount to the Signatory Airlines in the subsequent Fiscal Year (or,
if such amount may not be credited in accordance with this
Article VI. (Alternate) in such subsequent Fiscal Year, then
such amount will be credited in the next succeeding Fiscal Year in
which such credit may be issued in accordance with this
Article VI. (Alternate); and
5.
The rights of any
Signatory Airline to any payment, credit or application of Revenue
Sharing to or for the benefit of such Signatory Airline is a
contract right, in existence and effective as of January 1,
2006 (subject to Section XII of the Amended and Restated Third
Amendment), and any such payment, credit or application actually
made is proceeds thereof.
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J.
Reversion to
Pre-Existing Rate Structure
Notwithstanding anything in the Lease or any
other agreement between MAC and AIRLINE, in the event AIRLINE is
not in compliance with any payment obligation under any agreement
with the MAC during the period following any applicable notice and
cure period under such agreement and continuing until payment of
any such amounts (the “Payment Default Period”), MAC
will have the right, upon written notice to AIRLINE (provided that,
if AIRLINE is in bankruptcy, no notice shall be required for the
effectiveness of MAC’s exercise of such right, in each case
so long as AIRLINE is invoiced by MAC for the amounts payable
pursuant to the Pre-Existing Rate Structure and all such invoices
reference the additional amounts due as a result of such payment
default and set forth the applicable rates that are then in effect
as a result of such payment default), to: (i) have
AIRLINE’s payment obligations under the Lease during the
Payment Default Period revert to the Pre-Existing Rate Structure,
and (ii) apply the amount of any Rate Differential (as defined
in Article XII hereof) for AIRLINE during such period and the
amount of any accrued and unpaid Revenue Sharing credits (if any)
otherwise due to AIRLINE pursuant to Article VI. (Alternate)
for the Payment Default Period against any amounts owed by AIRLINE
to MAC to the extent necessary to cure such payment defaults;
provided that, with respect to AIRLINE, the MAC shall not have the
rights set forth in this Article VI(Alternate).J with respect
to (i) any obligations of AIRLINE under any existing
agreements that are rejected by AIRLINE in the 2005 Bankruptcy
Case, which rejected existing agreements shall not include any of
the Assumed Agreements, (ii) any obligations of AIRLINE
relating to the MSP 2001/2005 special facilities bonds or the
related special facilities lease; and (iii) any obligations of
AIRLINE under any agreement between AIRLINE and a party other than
MAC.
A
revised Exhibit N to the Lease has been attached hereto as
Exhibit 3.
IX.
MAJORITY-IN-INTEREST
WAIVER
Article VII. of the Lease as amended via
the First Amendment dated March 29, 2002 is hereby deleted in
its entirety and replaced with the following
Article VII.E.:
E.
MAJORITY-IN-INTEREST
WAIVER
Beginning in January 1, 2010, AIRLINE
agrees that MAC may include in its capital improvement program up
to $50 million per year (in 2001 dollars) for miscellaneous Capital
Projects (“Contingency Projects”) as determined by
MAC. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement,
these Contingency Projects may include at MAC’s discretion
projects to be included in the Airfield Cost Center, and this
Agreement shall be deemed to be AIRLINE’S approval (if
required) of any such Capital Project without any requirement for
Majority-In-Interest review.
X.
BANKRUPTCY
Article XI.E. “Bankruptcy” of
the Lease is amended to add the following subsection
E.6:
6.
In addition to the other
rights of MAC hereunder, to the extent necessary, to effect its
rights under Article VI (Alternate).J. of the Lease in any
future bankruptcy involving AIRLINE pursuant to the doctrines of
setoff and/or recoupment.
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XI.
HUB
AND HEADQUARTERS COVENANTS
The
Lease is amended to add the following language as Article XVII
“Hub and Headquarters Covenants”:
XVII.
Hub and Headquarters
Covenants
AIRLINE hereby covenants and agrees to maintain
its Headquarters in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area and
to maintain a Hub at the Airport. As the sole remedy for
breach of either such covenant and, solely with respect to the Hub
covenant, subject to the force majeure exception set forth below,
Revenue Sharing will be eliminated in any year in which AIRLINE
violates either the Headquarters or Hub covenant (and, in the event
any such violation continues for three (3) consecutive years,
or either such covenant is determined to be unenforceable,
AIRLINE’s Revenue Sharing will be eliminated
permanently).
Force majeure. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
AIRLINE shall not be deemed to be in default of the Hub covenant if
it is prevented from performing any of its obligations contained in
the Hub covenant by reason of strikes, boycotts, labor disputes,
embargoes, shortages of energy or materials, acts of the public
enemy, prolonged unseasonable weather conditions and results of
acts of nature, riots, rebellion, or sabotage, despite
AIRLINE’s best efforts to comply. No force majeure
provision shall apply to the Headquarters covenant.
XII.
AMENDMENT EFFECTIVE DATE AND
CONDITIONS
The
amended rate structures and changes in rate methodology (the
“Rate Changes”) and the Revenue Sharing (the Revenue
Sharing together with the Rate Changes, shall be called the
“Savings”) set forth in Sections VII and VIII of this
Amended and Restated Third Amendment shall be effective commencing
January 1, 2006 and shall continue through the term of each
Airline’s Airline Operating Agreement and Terminal Building
Lease, subject to the terms and conditions thereof. However,
MAC and AIRLINE hereby acknowledge and agree that receipt of any
credits for the Savings under this Amended and Restated Third
Amendment is expressly conditioned upon the entry of an order in
the 2005 Bankruptcy Case (which would include an order confirming a
plan of reorganization and which shall contain the provisions
regarding effectiveness set forth herein) (the “Assumption
Order”) not later than September 30, 2007 approving the
assumption by AIRLINE of the executory agreements relating to GO15,
GO13, the Lease, and the other leases and executory agreements
between AIRLINE and MAC set forth on Exhibit 4 hereto (the
“Assumed Agreements”). The Assumption Order shall
provide that the effectiveness of the assumption of the Assumed
Agreements is conditioned upon the approval by all of the Signatory
Airlines of this Amended and Restated Third Amendment or the 2007A
Amendment to Airline Operating Agreement and Terminal Building
Lease (the “2007A Amendment,” attached hereto as
Exhibit 6) as an amendment to each Signatory Airline’s
Airline Operating Agreement and Terminal Building Lease.
Within thirty (30) days after the later to occur of (i) the
entry of the Assumption Order and (ii) approval by all of the
Signatory Airlines of this Amended and Restated Third Amendment or
the 2007A Amendment and any other documents implementing the
Savings (the “Amendment Effective Date”), MAC will
(A) issue a check to (i) each Signatory Airline in an
amount equal to the difference between the rates and charges
calculated under the pre-existing Airline Operating Agreement and
Terminal Building Lease with each Signatory Airline, without taking
into account the changes set forth in this Amended and Restated
Third Amendment (“Pre-Existing Rate Structure”), and
such rates and charges calculated taking into account the Rate
Changes and other revisions to the Airline Operating Agreement and
Terminal Building Lease with each Signatory Airline that are set
forth in this Amended and Restated Third Amendment (“Amended
Rate Structure”, with such difference between the
Pre-Existing Rate Structure and the Amended Rate Structure, the
“Rate Differential”) for the period commencing
January 1, 2006 through the Amendment Effective Date,
(ii) each Signatory Airline for the amount of the Revenue
Sharing for 2006 and any succeeding calendar year ending prior to
the Amendment Effective Date, with such credit issued upon the
completion of the certified independent audits report
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for
such year, and (iii) each Signatory Airline for interest on
the credit amounts referenced in clauses (i) and (ii) of
this sentence at MAC’s actual earned overnight interest rate
(“Applicable Interest Rate”) from the period commencing
on February 12, 2007 (but in the case of 2006 Revenue Sharing,
not earlier than the completion of the comprehensive annual
financial report for 2006) (“Interest Commencement
Date”) thr
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