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REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT (2004-ERJ1)
Dated as of June 29, 2004
between
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
as Subordination Agent, as agent and trustee for the
Continental Airlines Pass Through Trust 2004-ERJ1,
as Borrower,
and
CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., as Liquidity Provider
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Continental Airlines Pass Through Trust 2004-ERJ1
Continental Airlines 9.558% Pass Through Certificates,
Series 2004-ERJ1
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS.........................................................1
Section 1.01 Certain Defined Terms......................................1
ARTICLE II AMOUNT AND TERMS OF THE COMMITMENT.................................8
Section 2.01 The Advances...............................................8
Section 2.02 Making the Advances........................................8
Section 2.03 Fees......................................................10
Section 2.04 Reductions or Termination of the Maximum Commitment.......10
Section 2.05 Repayments of Interest Advances, the CNAI Special
Termination Advance or the Final Advance..................10
Section 2.06 Repayments of Provider Advances...........................11
Section 2.07 Payments to the Liquidity Provider Under the
Intercreditor Agreement...................................12
Section 2.08 Book Entries..............................................12
Section 2.09 Payments from Available Funds Only........................13
Section 2.10 Extension of the Expiry Date; Non-Extension Advance.......13
ARTICLE III OBLIGATIONS OF THE BORROWER......................................13
Section 3.01 Increased Costs...........................................13
Section 3.02 Capital Adequacy..........................................14
Section 3.03 Payments Free of Deductions...............................15
Section 3.04 Payments..................................................16
Section 3.05 Computations..............................................17
Section 3.06 Payment on Non-Business Days..............................17
Section 3.07 Interest..................................................17
Section 3.08 Replacement of Borrower...................................18
Section 3.09 Funding Loss Indemnification..............................18
Section 3.10 Illegality................................................19
Section 3.11 Mitigation................................................19
ARTICLE IV CONDITIONS PRECEDENT..............................................19
Section 4.01 Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness of Section 2.01.....19
Section 4.02 Conditions Precedent to Borrowing.........................21
ARTICLE V COVENANTS..........................................................21
Section 5.01 Affirmative Covenants of the Borrower.....................21
Section 5.02 Negative Covenants of the Borrower........................22
ARTICLE VI LIQUIDITY EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND SPECIAL TERMINATION...............22
Section 6.01 Liquidity Events of Default and Special Termination.......22
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ARTICLE VII MISCELLANEOUS....................................................22
Section 7.01 Amendments, Etc...........................................22
Section 7.02 Notices, Etc..............................................23
Section 7.03 No Waiver; Remedies.......................................24
Section 7.04 Further Assurances........................................24
Section 7.05 Indemnification; Survival of Certain Provisions...........24
Section 7.06 Liability of the Liquidity Provider.......................24
Section 7.07 Costs, Expenses and Taxes.................................25
Section 7.08 Binding Effect; Participations............................26
Section 7.09 Severability..............................................27
Section 7.10 GOVERNING LAW.............................................27
Section 7.11 Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial..........27
Section 7.12 Execution in Counterparts.................................28
Section 7.13 Entirety..................................................28
Section 7.14 Headings..................................................28
Section 7.15 LIQUIDITY PROVIDER'S OBLIGATION TO MAKE ADVANCES..........28
ANNEX I.....Interest Advance Notice of Borrowing
ANNEX II....Non-Extension Advance Notice of Borrowing
ANNEX III...Downgrade Advance Notice of Borrowing
ANNEX IV....Final Advance Notice of Borrowing
ANNEX V.....Notice of Termination
ANNEX VI....Notice of Replacement Subordination Agent
ANNEX VII...CNAI Special Termination Advance Notice of Borrowing
ANNEX VIII..Notice of CNAI Special Termination
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REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT (2004-ERJ1)
This REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT (2004-ERJ1), dated as of June 29,
2004, is made by and between WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, a Delaware corporation,
not in its individual capacity but solely as Subordination Agent under the
Intercreditor Agreement (each as defined below), as agent and trustee for the
Trust (as defined below) (the "BORROWER"), and CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., a
Delaware corporation (the "LIQUIDITY PROVIDER").
W I T N E S S E T H:
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WHEREAS, pursuant to the Trust Agreement (such term and all other
capitalized terms used in these recitals having the meanings set forth or
referred to in Section 1.01), the Trust is issuing the Certificates;
WHEREAS, the Borrower, in order to support the timely payment of a
portion of the interest on the Certificates in accordance with their terms, has
requested the Liquidity Provider to enter into this Agreement, providing in part
for the Borrower to request in specified circumstances that Advances be made
hereunder; and
WHEREAS, Citicorp, a Delaware corporation and an affiliate of the
Liquidity Provider (the "GUARANTOR") has entered into a guarantee, providing for
the full and unconditional guarantee of the Liquidity Provider's obligations
under this Agreement (the "GUARANTEE AGREEMENT").
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein
contained, and of other good and valuable consideration the receipt and adequacy
of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01. CERTAIN DEFINED TERMS.
(a) As used in this Agreement and unless expressly indicated, or
unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following capitalized terms
shall have the following respective meanings for all purposes of this Agreement:
"ADDITIONAL COSTS" has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
3.01.
"ADVANCE" means an Interest Advance, a Final Advance, a CNAI Special
Termination Advance, a Provider Advance or an Applied Provider Advance, as the
case may be.
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"AGREEMENT" means this Revolving Credit Agreement (2004-ERJ1), dated
as of June 29, 2004, between the Borrower and the Liquidity Provider, as the
same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in
accordance with its terms.
"APPLICABLE LIQUIDITY RATE" has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 3.07(f).
"APPLICABLE MARGIN" means (i) with respect to any Unpaid Advance
(other than an Unapplied CNAI Special Termination Advance) or Applied Provider
Advance, 2.75% per annum, (ii) with respect to any Unapplied Provider Advance,
the rate per annum specified in the Fee Letter applicable to this Agreement and
(iii) with respect to any Unapplied CNAI Special Termination Advance, the margin
per annum specified in the Fee Letter.
"APPLIED DOWNGRADE ADVANCE" has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.06(a).
"APPLIED NON-EXTENSION ADVANCE" has the meaning assigned to such
term in Section 2.06(a).
"APPLIED PROVIDER ADVANCE" has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.06(a).
"APPLIED CNAI SPECIAL TERMINATION ADVANCE" has the meaning assigned
to such term in Section 2.05.
"BASE RATE" means a fluctuating interest rate per annum in effect
from time to time, which rate per annum shall at all times be equal to (a) the
weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with
members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as
published for such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, for the next
preceding Business Day) by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or if such rate
is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average of the
quotations for such day for such transactions received by the Liquidity Provider
from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it, plus (b)
one-quarter of one percent (1/4 of 1%).
"BASE RATE ADVANCE" means an Advance that bears interest at a rate
based upon the Base Rate.
"BORROWER" has the meaning assigned to such term in the recital of
parties to this Agreement.
"BORROWING" means the making of Advances requested by delivery of a
Notice of Borrowing.
"BUSINESS DAY" means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a
day on which commercial banks are required or authorized to close in Houston,
Texas, New York, New York or, so long as any Certificate is outstanding, the
city and state in which the Trustee, the Borrower or any Loan Trustee maintains
its Corporate Trust Office or receives or disburses funds, and, if the
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applicable Business Day relates to any Advance or other amount bearing interest
based on the LIBOR Rate, on which dealings are carried on in the London
interbank market.
"CNAI SPECIAL TERMINATION ADVANCE" means an Advance made pursuant to
Section 2.02(e).
"CNAI SPECIAL TERMINATION NOTICE" means the Notice of CNAI Special
Termination substantially in the form of Annex VIII to this Agreement.
"CONSENT PERIOD" has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
2.10.
"DEPOSIT AGREEMENT" means the Deposit Agreement dated as of the date
hereof between Wells Fargo Bank Northwest, National Association, as Escrow
Agent, and WestLB AG, New York Branch, as Depositary, pertaining to the
Certificates, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to
time in accordance with the terms thereof.
"DEPOSITARY" has the meaning assigned to such term in the Deposit
Agreement.
"DEPOSITS" has the meaning assigned to such term in the Deposit
Agreement.
"DOWNGRADE ADVANCE" means an Advance made pursuant to Section
2.02(c).
"DOWNGRADE EVENT" means (i) a downgrading of the Guarantor's
short-term unsecured debt rating or short-term issuer credit rating, as the case
may be, issued by either Rating Agency below the applicable Threshold Rating or
(ii) the Guarantee Agreement ceasing to be in full force and effect or becoming
invalid or unenforceable or the Guarantor denying its liability thereunder,
unless with respect to clause (i) above, each Rating Agency shall have confirmed
in writing on or prior to the date of such downgrading that such downgrading
will not result in the downgrading, withdrawal or suspension of the ratings of
the Certificates, in which case such downgrading of the Guarantor's short-term
unsecured debt rating or short-term issuer credit rating, as the case may be,
shall not constitute a Downgrade Event and shall be referred to herein as a
"PROVIDER DOWNGRADE".
"EFFECTIVE DATE" has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
4.01. The delivery of the certificate of the Liquidity Provider contemplated by
Section 4.01(e) shall be conclusive evidence that the Effective Date has
occurred.
"EXCLUDED TAXES" means (i) Taxes imposed on, based on or measured by
the income of, or franchise Taxes imposed on, the Liquidity Provider or its
Lending Office by the jurisdiction where such Liquidity Provider's principal
office or such Lending Office is located or any other taxing jurisdiction in
which such Tax is imposed as a result of the Liquidity Provider being, or having
been, organized in, or conducting, or having conducted, any activities unrelated
to the transactions contemplated by the Operative Agreements in, such
jurisdiction or (ii) withholding taxes, whether or not indemnified under Section
3.03.
"EXCLUDED WITHHOLDING TAXES" means (i) withholding Taxes imposed by
the United States except to the extent that such United States withholding Taxes
are imposed or increased as a result of a change in applicable law after the
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date hereof and, in the case of any successor Liquidity Provider, any
withholding Tax imposed by the United States except (a) if such Liquidity
Provider is, on the date it acquires its interest herein, a "resident" of an
Applicable Treaty jurisdiction entitled to claim the benefits of an Applicable
Treaty in respect of amounts payable hereunder, any such withholding Tax to the
extent imposed as a result of a change in applicable law (other than any
addition of, or change in, any "anti-treaty shopping", "limitation on benefits",
or similar provision in any treaty or other applicable law restricting the
availability of treaty benefits (including, without limitation any provision
similar to the Protocol Amending the Convention Between the United States of
America and the Kingdom of the Netherlands for the Avoidance of Double Taxation
and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to Taxes on Income, signed at
Washington on October 13, 1993)) after the date such Liquidity Provider acquired
its interest herein and (b) any such withholding Tax to the extent the amount of
such withholding Tax imposed on such successor Liquidity Provider does not
exceed the amount of such withholding Tax that, in the absence of the transfer
to such Liquidity Provider, would have been an Indemnified Tax imposed on
payments to the predecessor Liquidity Provider pursuant to applicable law in
effect on the date such successor Liquidity Provider acquired its interest
herein, (ii) any Tax imposed or to the extent increased as a result of the
Liquidity Provider failing to deliver to the Borrower any certificate or
document (the delivery of which certificate or document in the good faith
judgment of the Liquidity Provider will not expose the Liquidity Provider to any
adverse consequence and which the Liquidity Provider is legally entitled to
provide) which is reasonably requested by the Borrower to establish that
payments under this Agreement are exempt from (or entitled to a reduced rate of)
withholding Tax, and (iii) any Tax imposed by a jurisdiction as a result of the
Liquidity Provider being, or having been, organized in, or maintaining, or
having maintained, its principal office or Lending Office in, or conducting, or
having conducted, any activities unrelated to the transactions contemplated by
the Operative Agreements in, such jurisdiction. For purposes of this definition,
"Applicable Treaty" means an income tax treaty between the United States and any
of Australia, Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Luxembourg, The
Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland or the United Kingdom.
"EXPENSES" means liabilities, obligations, damages, settlements,
penalties, claims, actions, suits, costs, expenses, and disbursements
(including, without limitation, reasonable fees and disbursements of legal
counsel and costs of investigation), provided that Expenses shall not include
any Taxes other than sales, use and V.A.T. taxes imposed on fees and expenses
payable pursuant to Section 7.07.
"EXPIRY DATE" means June 27, 2005 initially, or any date to which
the Expiry Date is extended pursuant to Section 2.10.
"FINAL ADVANCE" means an Advance made pursuant to Section 2.02(d).
"GUARANTOR" has the meaning assigned to such term in the preliminary
statements of this Agreement.
"GUARANTEE AGREEMENT" has the meaning assigned to such term in the
preliminary statements of this Agreement.
"INDEMNIFIED TAX" has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
3.03.
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"INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT" means the Intercreditor Agreement dated as
of the date hereof, among the Trustee, the Liquidity Provider, the other
liquidity provider party thereto and the Subordination Agent, as the same may be
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with
its terms.
"INTEREST ADVANCE" means an Advance made pursuant to Section
2.02(a).
"INTEREST PERIOD" means, with respect to any LIBOR Advance, each of
the following periods:
(i) the period beginning on the third Business Day following either
(A) the Liquidity Provider's receipt of the Notice of Borrowing
for such LIBOR Advance or (B) the withdrawal of funds from the
Cash Collateral Account for the purpose of paying interest on
the Certificates as contemplated by Section 2.06(a) hereof and,
in either case, ending on the next Regular Distribution Date;
and
(ii) each subsequent period commencing on the last day of the
immediately preceding Interest Period and ending on the next
Regular Distribution Date.
"LENDING OFFICE" means the lending office of the Liquidity Provider
presently located at New York, New York, or such other lending office as the
Liquidity Provider from time to time shall notify the Borrower as its Lending
Office hereunder; provided that the Liquidity Provider shall not change its
Lending Office to another lending office outside the United States of America
except in accordance with Section 3.11 hereof.
"LIBOR ADVANCE" means an Advance bearing interest at a rate based
upon the LIBOR Rate.
"LIBOR RATE" means, with respect to any Interest Period,
(i) the rate per annum appearing on display page 3750 (British
Bankers Association-LIBOR) of the Telerate Service (or any
successor or substitute therefor) at approximately 11:00 a.m.
(London time) two Business Days before the first day of such
Interest Period, as the rate for dollar deposits with a
maturity comparable to such Interest Period, or
(ii) if the rate calculated pursuant to clause (i) above is not
available, the average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to
the next 1/16 of 1%) of the rates per annum at which
deposits in dollars are offered for the relevant Interest
Period by three banks of recognized standing selected by
the Liquidity Provider in the London interbank market at
approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days
before the first day of such Interest Period in an amount
approximately equal to the principal amount of the LIBOR
Advance to which such Interest Period is to apply and for
a period comparable to such Interest Period.
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"LIQUIDITY EVENT OF DEFAULT" means the occurrence of either (a) the
Acceleration of all of the Equipment Notes (PROVIDED that, with respect to the
period prior to the Delivery Period Expiry Date, such Equipment Notes have an
aggregate outstanding principal balance in excess of $108,000,000) or (b) a
Continental Bankruptcy Event.
"LIQUIDITY INDEMNITEE" means (i) the Liquidity Provider, (ii) the
Guarantor, (iii) the directors, officers, employees and agents of the Liquidity
Provider and Guarantor, and (iv) the successors and permitted assigns of the
persons described in clauses (i) through (iii), inclusive.
"LIQUIDITY PROVIDER" has the meaning assigned to such term in the
recital of parties to this Agreement.
"MAXIMUM AVAILABLE COMMITMENT" means, subject to the proviso
contained in the third sentence of Section 2.02(a), at any time of
determination, (a) the Maximum Commitment at such time less (b) the aggregate
amount of each Interest Advance outstanding at such time; provided that
following a Provider Advance, a CNAI Special Termination Advance or a Final
Advance, the Maximum Available Commitment shall be zero.
"MAXIMUM COMMITMENT" means initially $9,158,032.86, as the same may
be reduced from time to time in accordance with Section 2.04(a).
"NON-EXTENSION ADVANCE" means an Advance made pursuant to Section
2.02(b).
"NOTICE OF BORROWING" has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.02(f).
"NOTICE OF REPLACEMENT SUBORDINATION AGENT" has the meaning assigned
to such term in Section 3.08.
"PERFORMING NOTE DEFICIENCY" means any time that less than 65% of
the then aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Equipment Notes are
Performing Equipment Notes.
"PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT" means the final Prospectus Supplement dated
June 18, 2004 relating to the Certificates, as such Prospectus Supplement may be
amended or supplemented.
"PROVIDER ADVANCE" means a Downgrade Advance or a Non-Extension
Advance.
"PROVIDER DOWNGRADE" has the meaning assigned to such term in the
definition of "Downgrade Event".
"REGULATORY CHANGE" has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
3.01.
"REPLENISHMENT AMOUNT" has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.06(b).
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"TERMINATION DATE" means the earliest to occur of the following: (i)
the Expiry Date; (ii) the date on which the Borrower delivers to the Liquidity
Provider a certificate, signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower,
certifying that all of the Certificates have been paid in full (or provision has
been made for such payment in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement and
the Trust Agreement) or are otherwise no longer entitled to the benefits of this
Agreement; (iii) the date on which the Borrower delivers to the Liquidity
Provider a certificate, signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower,
certifying that a Replacement Liquidity Facility has been substituted for this
Agreement in full pursuant to Section 3.6(e) of the Intercreditor Agreement;
(iv) the fifth Business Day following the receipt by the Borrower of a
Termination Notice or CNAI Special Termination Notice from the Liquidity
Provider pursuant to Section 6.01 hereof; and (v) the date on which no Advance
is, or may (including by reason of reinstatement as herein provided) become
available for a Borrowing hereunder.
"TERMINATION NOTICE" means the Notice of Termination substantially
in the form of Annex V to this Agreement.
"TRANSFEREE" has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
7.08(b).
"UNAPPLIED PROVIDER ADVANCE" means any portion of any Provider
Advance that is not an Applied Provider Advance.
"UNAPPLIED CNAI SPECIAL TERMINATION ADVANCE" means any portion of a
CNAI Special Termination Advance that is not an Applied CNAI Special Termination
Advance.
"UNPAID ADVANCE" has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
2.05.
(b) For the purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall
have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in the Intercreditor
Agreement:
"ACCELERATION", "CASH COLLATERAL ACCOUNT", "CERTIFICATE",
"CERTIFICATEHOLDER", "CLOSING DATE", "CNAI FEE LETTER", "CNAI SUB-ACCOUNT",
"CONTINENTAL", "CONTINENTAL BANKRUPTCY EVENT", "CONTROLLING PARTY", "CORPORATE
TRUST OFFICE", "DELIVERY PERIOD EXPIRY DATE", "DISTRIBUTION DATE", "DOWNGRADED
FACILITY", "EQUIPMENT NOTES", "FEE LETTER", "FINAL LEGAL DISTRIBUTION DATE",
"FINANCING AGREEMENT", "INDENTURE", "INVESTMENT Earnings", "LIQUIDITY
OBLIGATIONS", "LOAN TRUSTEE", "MOODY'S", "NON-EXTENDED FACILITY", "NOTE PURCHASE
AGREEMENT", "OPERATIVE AGREEMENTS", "PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT", "PERFORMING
EQUIPMENT NOTE", "PERSON", "POOL BALANCE", "RATING AGENCIES", "RATINGS
CONFIRMATION", "REGULAR DISTRIBUTION DATES", "REPLACEMENT LIQUIDITY FACILITY",
"REQUIRED AMOUNT", "RESPONSIBLE OFFICER", "SCHEDULED PAYMENT", "SPECIAL
PAYMENT", "STANDARD & POOR'S", "STATED INTEREST RATE", "SUB-ACCOUNT",
"SUBORDINATION AGENT", "TAXES", "THRESHOLD RATING", "TRUST", "TRUST AGREEMENT",
"TRUSTEE", "UNDERWRITERS", "UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT" and "WRITTEN NOTICE".
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ARTICLE II
AMOUNT AND TERMS OF THE COMMITMENT
Section 2.01. THE ADVANCES. The Liquidity Provider hereby
irrevocably agrees, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, to make
Advances to the Borrower from time to time on any Business Day during the period
from the Effective Date until 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Expiry Date
(unless the obligations of the Liquidity Provider shall be earlier terminated in
accordance with the terms of Section 2.04(b)) in an aggregate amount at any time
outstanding not to exceed the Maximum Commitment.
Section 2.02. MAKING THE ADVANCES. (a) Interest Advances shall be
made in one or more Borrowings by delivery to the Liquidity Provider of one or
more written and completed Notices of Borrowing in substantially the form of
Annex I attached hereto, signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, in an
amount not exceeding the Maximum Available Commitment at such time and shall be
used solely for the payment when due of interest with respect to the
Certificates at the Stated Interest Rate therefor in accordance with Sections
3.6(a) and 3.6(b) of the Intercreditor Agreement. Each Interest Advance made
hereunder shall automatically reduce the Maximum Available Commitment and the
amount available to be borrowed hereunder by subsequent Advances by the amount
of such Interest Advance (subject to reinstatement as provided in the next
sentence). Upon repayment to the Liquidity Provider in full or in part of the
amount of any Interest Advance made pursuant to this Section 2.02(a), together
with accrued interest thereon (as provided herein), the Maximum Available
Commitment shall be reinstated by an amount equal to the amount of such Interest
Advance so repaid but not to exceed the Maximum Commitment; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that the Maximum Available Commitment shall not be so reinstated at any time if
(x) both a Performing Note Deficiency exists and a Liquidity Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing, or (y) a Final Advance, a Provider
Advance or a CNAI Special Termination Advance has been made.
(b) A Non-Extension Advance shall be made in a single Borrowing if
this Agreement is not extended in accordance with Section 3.6(d)(i) of the
Intercreditor Agreement (unless a Replacement Liquidity Facility to replace this
Agreement shall have been delivered to the Borrower as contemplated by said
Section 3.6(d)(i) within the time period specified in such Section 3.6(d)(i)) by
delivery to the Liquidity Provider of a written and completed Notice of
Borrowing in substantially the form of Annex II attached hereto, signed by a
Responsible Officer of the Borrower, in an amount equal to the Maximum Available
Commitment at such time, and shall be used to fund the CNAI Sub-Account of the
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Cash Collateral Account in accordance with Sections 3.6(d)(i) and 3.6(f) of the
Intercreditor Agreement.
(c) A Downgrade Advance shall be made in a single Borrowing upon the
occurrence of a Downgrade Event (as provided for in Section 3.6(c) of the
Intercreditor Agreement) unless a Replacement Liquidity Facility to replace this
Agreement shall have been previously delivered to the Borrower in accordance
with Section 3.6(c), by delivery to the Liquidity Provider of a written and
completed Notice of Borrowing in substantially the form of Annex III attached
hereto, signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, in an amount equal to
the Maximum Available Commitment at such time, and shall be used to fund the
CNAI Sub-Account of the Cash Collateral Account in accordance with Sections
3.6(c) and 3.6(f) of the Intercreditor Agreement.
(d) A Final Advance shall be made in a single Borrowing upon the
receipt by the Borrower of a Termination Notice from the Liquidity Provider
pursuant to Section 6.01(a) hereof by delivery to the Liquidity Provider of a
written and completed Notice of Borrowing in substantially the form of Annex IV
attached hereto, signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, in an amount
equal to the Maximum Available Commitment at such time, and shall be used to
fund the CNAI Sub-Account of the Cash Collateral Account in accordance with
Sections 3.6(f) and 3.6(i) of the Intercreditor Agreement.
(e) A CNAI Special Termination Advance shall be made in a single
Borrowing upon the receipt by the Borrower of a CNAI Special Termination Notice
from the Liquidity Provider pursuant to Section 6.01(b), by delivery to the
Liquidity Provider of a written and completed Notice of Borrowing in
substantially the form of Annex VII, signed by a Responsible Officer of the
Borrower, in an amount equal to the Maximum Available Commitment at such time,
and shall be used to fund the CNAI Sub-Account of the Cash Collateral Account in
accordance with Sections 3.6(f) and 3.6(k) of the Intercreditor Agreement.
(f) Each Borrowing shall be made on notice in writing (a "NOTICE OF
BORROWING") in substantially the form required by Section 2.02(a), 2.02(b),
2.02(c), 2.02(d) or 2.02(e), as the case may be, given by the Borrower to the
Liquidity Provider. Each Notice of Borrowing shall be effective upon delivery of
a copy thereof to the Liquidity Provider's office at the address specified in
Section 7.02. If a Notice of Borrowing is delivered by the Borrower in respect
of any Borrowing no later than 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) on a Business Day,
upon satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 4.02 with
respect to a requested Borrowing, the Liquidity Provider shall make available to
the Borrower, in accordance with its payment instructions, the amount of such
Borrowing in U.S. dollars and immediately available funds, before 4:00 p.m. (New
York City time) on such Business Day or on such later Business Day specified in
such Notice of Borrowing. If a Notice of Borrowing is delivered by the Borrower
in respect of any Borrowing on a day that is not a Business Day or after 1:00
p.m. (New York City time) on a Business Day, upon satisfaction of the conditions
precedent set forth in Section 4.02 with respect to a requested Borrowing, the
Liquidity Provider shall make available to the Borrower, in accordance with its
payment instructions, the amount of such Borrowing in U.S. dollars and in
immediately available funds, before 12:00 noon (New York City time) on the first
Business Day next following the day of receipt of such Notice of Borrowing or on
such later Business Day specified by the Borrower in such Notice of Borrowing.
Payments of proceeds of a Borrowing shall be made by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to the Borrower in accordance with such wire
transfer instructions as the Borrower shall furnish from time to time to the
Liquidity Provider for such purpose. Each Notice of Borrowing shall be
irrevocable and binding on the Borrower.
(g) Upon the making of any Advance requested pursuant to a Notice of
Borrowing in accordance with the Borrower's payment instructions, the Liquidity
Provider shall be fully discharged of its obligation hereunder with respect to
such Notice of Borrowing, and the Liquidity Provider shall not thereafter be
obligated to make any further Advances hereunder in respect of such Notice of
Borrowing to the Borrower or to any other Person. If the Liquidity Provider
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makes an Advance requested pursuant to a Notice of Borrowing before 12:00 noon
(New York City time) on the second Business Day after the date of payment
specified in Section 2.02(f), the Liquidity Provider shall have fully discharged
its obligations hereunder with respect to such Advance and an event of default
shall not have occurred hereunder. Following the making of any Advance pursuant
to Section 2.02(b), 2.02(c), 2.02(d) or 2.02(e) hereof to fund the CNAI
Sub-Account of the Cash Collateral Account, the Liquidity Provider shall have no
interest in or rights to the Cash Collateral Account, any Sub-Account thereof,
the funds constituting such Advance or any other amounts from time to time on
deposit in the Cash Collateral Account or any Sub-Account thereof; PROVIDED that
the foregoing shall not affect or impair the obligations of the Subordination
Agent to make the distributions contemplated by Section 3.6(e) or 3.6(f) of the
Intercreditor Agreement and PROVIDED FURTHER, that the foregoing shall not
affect or impair the rights of the Liquidity Provider to provide written
instructions with respect to the investment and reinvestment of amounts in the
CNAI Sub-Account of the Cash Collateral Account to the extent provided in
Section 2.2(b) of the Intercreditor Agreement. By paying to the Borrower
proceeds of Advances requested by the Borrower in accordance with the provisions
of this Agreement, the Liquidity Provider makes no representation as to, and
assumes no responsibility for, the correctness or sufficiency for any purpose of
the amount of the Advances so made and requested.
Section 2.03. FEES. The Borrower agrees to pay to the Liquidity
Provider the fees set forth in the Fee Letter applicable to this Agreement.
Section 2.04. REDUCTIONS OR TERMINATION OF THE MAXIMUM COMMITMENT.
(a) AUTOMATIC REDUCTION. Promptly following each date on which the
Required Amount with respect to this Agreement is reduced as a result of a
reduction (or deemed reduction) in the Pool Balance of the Certificates or
otherwise, the Maximum Commitment shall automatically be reduced to an amount
equal to such reduced Required Amount (as calculated by the Borrower); PROVIDED
that on the first Regular Distribution Date, the Maximum Commitment shall
automatically be reduced to the Required Amount then in effect with respect to
this Agreement. The Borrower shall give notice of any such automatic reduction
of the Maximum Commitment to the Liquidity Provider within two Business Days
thereof. The failure by the Borrower to furnish any such notice shall not affect
such automatic reduction of the Maximum Commitment.
(b) TERMINATION. Upon the making of any Provider Advance, a CNAI
Special Termination Advance or Final Advance hereunder or the occurrence of the
Termination Date, the obligation of the Liquidity Provider to make further
Advances hereunder shall automatically and irrevocably terminate, and the
Borrower shall not be entitled to request any further Borrowing hereunder.
Section 2.05. REPAYMENTS OF INTEREST ADVANCES, THE CNAI SPECIAL
TERMINATION ADVANCE OR THE FINAL ADVANCE. Subject to Sections 2.06, 2.07 and
2.09 hereof, the Borrower hereby agrees, without notice of an Advance or demand
for repayment from the Liquidity Provider (which notice and demand are hereby
waived by the Borrower), to pay, or to cause to be paid, to the Liquidity
Provider on each date on which the Liquidity Provider shall make an Interest
Advance, the CNAI Special Termination Advance or the Final Advance, an amount
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equal to (a) the amount of such Advance (any such Advance, until repaid, is
referred to herein as an "UNPAID ADVANCE"), plus (b) interest on the amount of
each such Unpaid Advance as provided in Section 3.07 hereof; PROVIDED that if
(i) the Liquidity Provider shall make a Provider Advance at any time after
making one or more Interest Advances which shall not have been repaid in
accordance with this Section 2.05 or (ii) this Liquidity Facility shall become a
Downgraded Facility or a Non-Extended Facility at any time when unreimbursed
Interest Advances have reduced the Maximum Available Commitment to zero, then
such Interest Advances shall cease to constitute Unpaid Advances and shall be
deemed to have been changed into an Applied Downgrade Advance or an Applied
Non-Extension Advance, as the case may be, for all purposes of this Agreement
(including, without limitation, for the purpose of determining when such
Interest Advance is required to be repaid to the Liquidity Provider in
accordance with Section 2.06 and for the purposes of Section 2.06(b)); PROVIDED,
FURTHER, that amounts in respect of a CNAI Special Termination Advance withdrawn
from the CNAI Sub-Account of the Cash Collateral Account for the purpose of
paying interest on the Certificates in accordance with 3.6(f) of the
Intercreditor Agreement (the amount of an such withdrawal being an "APPLIED CNAI
SPECIAL TERMINATION ADVANCE") shall thereafter be treated as an Interest Advance
under this Agreement for the purposes of determining the Applicable Liquidity
Rate for interest payable thereon; and PROVIDED, FURTHER, that if, following the
making of a CNAI Special Termination Advance, the Liquidity Provider delivers a
Termination Notice to the Borrower pursuant to Section 6.01(a) hereof, such CNAI
Special Termination Advance shall thereafter be treated as a Final Advance under
this Agreement for purposes of determining the Applicable Liquidity Rate for
interest payable thereon and the obligation of repayment thereof. The Borrower
and the Liquidity Provider agree that the repayment in full of each Interest
Advance, the CNAI Special Termination Advance and Final Advance on the date such
Advance is made is intended to be a contemporaneous exchange for new value given
to the Borrower by the Liquidity Provider.
Section 2.06. REPAYMENTS OF PROVIDER ADVANCES. (a) Amounts advanced
hereunder in respect of a Provider Advance shall be deposited in the CNAI
Sub-Account of the Cash Collateral Account and invested and withdrawn from the
CNAI Sub-Account of the Cash Collateral Account as set forth in Sections 3.6(c),
3.6(d), 3.6(e) and 3.6(f) of the Intercreditor Agreement. Subject to Sections
2.07 and 2.09, the Borrower agrees to pay to the Liquidity Provider, on each
Regular Distribution Date, commencing on the first Regular Distribution Date
after the making of a Provider Advance, interest on the principal amount of any
such Provider Advance as provided in Section 3.07 hereof; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that amounts in respect of a Provider Advance withdrawn from the CNAI
Sub-Account of the Cash Collateral Account for the purpose of paying interest on
the Certificates in accordance with Section 3.6(f) of the Intercreditor
Agreement (the amount of any such withdrawal being (y) in the case of a
Downgrade Advance, an "APPLIED DOWNGRADE ADVANCE" and (z) in the case of a
Non-Extension Advance, an "APPLIED NON-EXTENSION ADVANCE" and, together with an
Applied Downgrade Advance, an "APPLIED PROVIDER ADVANCE") shall thereafter
(subject to Section 2.06(b)) be treated as an Interest Advance under this
Agreement for purposes of determining the Applicable Liquidity Rate for interest
payable thereon; PROVIDED FURTHER, HOWEVER, that if, following the making of a
Provider Advance, the Liquidity Provider delivers a Termination Notice to the
Borrower pursuant to Section 6.01(a) hereof, such Provider Advance shall
thereafter be treated as a Final Advance under this Agreement for purposes of
determining the Applicable Liquidity Rate for interest payable thereon and the
obligation for repayment thereof. Subject to Sections 2.07 and 2.09 hereof,
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immediately upon the withdrawal of any amounts from the CNAI Sub-Account of the
Cash Collateral Account pursuant to Section 3.6(f) of the Intercreditor
Agreement on account of a reduction (or deemed reduction) in the Required Amount
with respect to such Sub-Account, the Borrower shall repay to the Liquidity
Provider a portion of the Provider Advances in a principal amount equal to such
reduction, plus interest on the principal amount prepaid as provided in Section
3.07 hereof.
(b) At any time when an Applied Provider Advance (or any portion
thereof) is outstanding, upon the deposit in the CNAI Sub-Account of the Cash
Collateral Account of any amount pursuant to clause "third" of Section 2.4(b) of
the Intercreditor Agreement, clause "third" of Section 3.2 of the Intercreditor
Agreement or clause "fourth" of Section 3.3 of the Intercreditor Agreement (any
such amount being a "REPLENISHMENT AMOUNT") for the purpose of replenishing or
increasing the balance thereof up to the Required Amount with respect to such
Sub-Account at such time, (i) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all
Applied Provider Advances (and of Provider Advances treated as an Interest
Advance for purposes of determining the Applicable Liquidity Rate for interest
payable thereon) shall be automatically reduced by the amount of such
Replenishment Amount and (ii) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all
Unapplied Provider Advances shall be automatically increased by the amount of
such Replenishment Amount.
(c) Upon the provision of a Replacement Liquidity Facility in
replacement of this Agreement in accordance with Section 3.6(e) of the
Intercreditor Agreement, amounts remaining on deposit in the CNAI Sub-Account of
the Cash Collateral Account after giving effect to any Applied Provider Advance
on the date of such replacement shall be reimbursed to the replaced Liquidity
Provider, but only to the extent such amounts are necessary to repay in full to
the replaced Liquidity Provider all amounts owing to it hereunder.
Section 2.07. PAYMENTS TO THE LIQUIDITY PROVIDER UNDER THE
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT. In order to provide for payment or repayment to the
Liquidity Provider of any amounts hereunder, the Intercreditor Agreement
provides that amounts available and referred to in Articles II and III of the
Intercreditor Agreement, to the extent payable to the Liquidity Provider
pursuant to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement (including, without
limitation, Section 3.6(f) of the Intercreditor Agreement), shall be paid to the
Liquidity Provider in accordance with the terms thereof. Amounts so paid to the
Liquidity Provider shall be applied by the Liquidity Provider to Liquidity
Obligations then due and payable in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement
and shall discharge in full the corresponding obligations of the Borrower
hereunder (or, if not provided for in the Intercreditor Agreement, then in such
manner as the Liquidity Provider shall deem appropriate).
Section 2.08. BOOK ENTRIES. The Liquidity Provider shall maintain in
accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the
indebtedness of the Borrower resulting from Advances made from time to time and
the amounts of principal and interest payable hereunder and paid from time to
time in respect thereof; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the failure by the Liquidity
Provider to maintain such account or accounts shall not affect the obligations
of the Borrower in respect of Advances.
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Section 2.09. PAYMENTS FROM AVAILABLE FUNDS ONLY. All payments to be
made by the Borrower under this Agreement shall be made only from the amounts
that constitute Scheduled Payments, Special Payments or payments under the CNAI
Fee Letter, Section 9.1 of the Participation Agreements and Section 6 of the
Note Purchase Agreement and only to the extent that the Borrower shall have
sufficient income or proceeds therefrom to enable the Borrower to make payments
in accordance with the terms hereof after giving effect to the priority of
payments and other applicable provisions set forth in the Intercreditor
Agreement. The Liquidity Provider agrees that it will look solely to such
amounts to the extent available for distribution to it as provided in the
Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement and that the Borrower, in its
individual capacity, is not personally liable to it for any amounts payable or
liability under this Agreement except as expressly provided in this Agreement,
the Intercreditor Agreement or any Participation Agreement. Amounts on deposit
in the CNAI Sub-Account of the Cash Collateral Account shall be available to the
Borrower to make payments under this Agreement only to the extent and for the
purposes expressly contemplated in Section 3.6(f) of the Intercreditor
Agreement. Amounts on deposit in the other Sub-Account in respect of the
Certificates shall not be available to make payments under this Agreement.
Section 2.10. EXTENSION OF THE EXPIRY DATE; NON-EXTENSION ADVANCE.
No earlier than the 60th day and no later than the 40th day prior to the then
effective Expiry Date (unless such Expiry Date is on or after the date that is
15 days after the Final Legal Distribution Date for the Certificates), the
Borrower shall request that the Liquidity Provider extend the Expiry Date to the
earlier of (i) the date that is 15 days after the Final Legal Distribution Date
for the Certificates and (ii) the date that is the day immediately preceding the
364th day occurring after the last day of the Consent Period (as hereinafter
defined). Whether or not the Borrower has made such request, the Liquidity
Provider shall advise the Borrower, no earlier than the 40th day (or, if
earlier, the date of the Liquidity Provider's receipt of such request, if any,
from the Borrower) and no later than the 25th day prior to the then effective
Expiry Date (such period, the "CONSENT PERIOD"), whether, in its sole
discretion, it agrees to so extend the Expiry Date. If the Liquidity Provider
advises the Borrower on or before the date on which the Consent Period ends that
such Expiry Date shall not be so extended, or fails to irrevocably and
unconditionally advise the Borrower on or before the date on which the Consent
Period ends that such Expiry Date shall be so extended (and, in each case, if
the Liquidity Provider shall not have been replaced in accordance with Section
3.6(e) of the Intercreditor Agreement), the Borrower shall be entitled on and
after the date on which the Consent Period ends (but prior to the then effective
Expiry Date) to request a Non-Extension Advance in accordance with Section
2.02(b) hereof and Section 3.6(d)(i) of the Intercreditor Agreement.
ARTICLE III
OBLIGATIONS OF THE BORROWER
Section 3.01. INCREASED COSTS. The Borrower shall pay to the
Liquidity Provider from time to time such amounts as may be necessary to
compensate the Liquidity Provider for any increased costs incurred by the
Liquidity Provider which are attributable to its making or maintaining any LIBOR
Advances hereunder or its obligation to make any such Advances hereunder, or any
reduction in any amount receivable by the Liquidity Provider under this
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Agreement or the Intercreditor Agreement in respect of any such Advances or such
obligation (such increases in costs and reductions in amounts receivable being
herein called "ADDITIONAL COSTS"), resulting from any change after the date of
this Agreement in U.S. federal, state, municipal, or foreign laws or regulations
(including Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System), or the adoption or making after the date of this Agreement of any
interpretations, directives, or requirements applying to a class of banks
including the Liquidity Provider under any U.S. federal, state, municipal, or
any foreign laws or regulations (whether or not having the force of law) by any
court, central bank or monetary authority charged with the interpretation or
administration thereof (a "REGULATORY CHANGE"), which: (1) changes the basis of
taxation of any amounts payable to the Liquidity Provider under this Agreement
in respect of any such Advances or such obligation (other than with respect to
Excluded Taxes); or (2) imposes or modifies any reserve, special deposit,
compulsory loan or similar requirements relating to any extensions of credit or
other assets of, or any deposits with other liabilities of, the Liquidity
Provider (including any such Advances or such obligation or any deposits
referred to in the definition of LIBOR Rate or related definitions).
The Liquidity Provider will notify the Borrower of any event
occurring after the date of this Agreement that will entitle the Liquidity
Provider to compensation pursuant to this Section 3.01 as promptly as
practicable after it obtains knowledge thereof and determines to request such
compensation, which notice shall describe in reasonable detail the calculation
of the amounts owed under this Section. Determinations by the Liquidity Provider
for purposes of this Section 3.01 of the effect of any Regulatory Change on its
costs of making or maintaining Advances or on amounts receivable by it in
respect of Advances, and of the additional amounts required to compensate the
Liquidity Provider in respect of any Additional Costs, shall be prima facie
evidence of the amount owed under this Section.
Notwithstanding the preceding two paragraphs, the Liquidity Provider
and the Subordination Agent agree that any permitted assignee or participant of
the initial Liquidity Provider which is not a bank shall not be entitled to the
benefits of the preceding two paragraphs (but without limiting the provisions of
Section 7.08 hereof).
Section 3.02. CAPITAL ADEQUACY. If (1) the adoption, after the date
hereof, of any applicable governmental law, rule or regulation regarding capital
adequacy, (2) any change, after the date hereof, in the interpretation or
administration of any such law, rule or regulation by any central bank or other
governmental authority charged with the interpretation or administration thereof
or (3) compliance by the Liquidity Provider or any corporation controlling the
Liquidity Provider with any applicable guideline or request of general
applicability, issued after the date hereof, by any central bank or other
governmental authority (whether or not having the force of law) that constitutes
a change of the nature described in clause (2), has the effect of requiring an
increase in the amount of capital required to be maintained by the Liquidity
Provider or any corporation controlling the Liquidity Provider, and such
increase is based upon the Liquidity Provider's obligations hereunder and other
similar obligations, the Borrower shall, subject to the provisions of Section
3.11, pay to the Liquidity Provider from time to time such additional amount or
amounts as are necessary to compensate the Liquidity Provider for such portion
of such increase as shall be reasonably allocable to the Liquidity Provider's
obligations to the Borrower hereunder. From and after the Extension Effective
Date and prior to the occurrence of a Provider Downgrade, the Liquidity Provider
will be entitled to compensation pursuant to this Section 3.02 only to the
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extent that the Liquidity Provider would have been so entitled if the Extension
