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EXHIBIT 10.8

 

AMENDMENT No. 29 TO PURCHASE AGREEMENT No. GPJ-003/96

 

This Amendment No. 29 ("Amendment 29") dated as of February 26, 2003 is between EMBRAER - Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A. ("EMBRAER") and ExpressJet Airlines, Inc. (formerly known as Continental Express, Inc.) ("BUYER"), collectively hereinafter referred to as the "PARTIES", and relates to Purchase Agreement No. GPJ-003/96, as amended from time to time together with its Attachments (collectively referred to as the "Base Agreement") and Letter Agreements GPJ-004/96 dated August 5, 1996 and PCJ-004A/96 dated August 31, 1996 between EMBRAER and BUYER as amended from time to time (together with the Base Agreement, collectively referred to herein as the "Purchase Agreement" or the "Agreement") for the purchase of up to two hundred and forty five (245) new EMB-145 aircraft (the "AIRCRAFT").

All terms defined in the Purchase Agreement shall have the same meaning when used herein, and in case of any conflict between this Amendment 29 and the Purchase Agreement, this Amendment shall control.

WHEREAS, BUYER and EMBRAER wish to amend the Purchase Agreement to (a) reduce the number of XR AIRCRAFT delivered thereunder during 2003 from forty-eight (48) XR AIRCRAFT to thirty-six (36) XR AIRCRAFT, (b) reduce the number of XR AIRCRAFT delivered thereunder during 2004 from thirty-six (36) XR AIRCRAFT to twenty-one (21) XR AIRCRAFT, (c) reschedule the remaining Firm XR AIRCRAFT to be delivered during 2005 and 2006 and (d) reschedule the delivery months for Reconfirmation AIRCRAFT, all as more fully set forth below;

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration the sufficiency of which is acknowledged by the PARTIES, EMBRAER and BUYER hereby agree to amend the Purchase Agreement as follows:
1.Amendment to Delivery Schedule.  The text of paragraphs a.4, a.5, a.6 and a.7 of Article 5 of the Purchase Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced with the following:
"a.4.2003 XR AIRCRAFT Deliveries

	
XR Aircraft #
	
XR Aircraft Contractual

Delivery Dates
	
XR Aircraft #
	
XR Aircraft Contractual

Delivery Dates

	
19
	
January 2003
	
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20
	
January 2003
	
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21
	
January 2003
	
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22
	
January 2003
	
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23
	
February 2003
	
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24 
	
February 2003
	
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25
	
February 2003
	
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26
	
February 2003
	
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*[CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO A REQUEST FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT]

To the extent that the specific LR AIRCRAFT Contractual Delivery Dates are not identified in Articles 5.a.1 and 5.a.2 and the specific XR AIRCRAFT Contractual Delivery Dates are not identified in Articles 5.a.3, 5.a.4, 5.a.5, 5.a.6 and 5.a.7, EMBRAER will give BUYER notice ("Final Delivery Notice") of the date on which EMBRAER considers that each such AIRCRAFT will be ready for inspection and such date shall be no fewer than [CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO A REQUEST FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT] (the "Inspection Date").  The Final Delivery Notice will be provided to BUYER by EMBRAER no later than [CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO A REQUEST FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT].

[CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO A REQUEST FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT]

2.     Effect of Rescheduling on AIRCRAFT BASIC PRICE. The rescheduling of the delivery months [CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO A REQUEST FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT]

3.   Effect of Rescheduling on [CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO A REQUEST FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT]

4.  General.  All other terms and conditions of the Purchase Agreement, which are not specifically amended by this Amendment, shall remain in full force and effect without any change.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, EMBRAER and BUYER, by their duly authorized officers, have entered into and executed this Amendment No. 29 to the Purchase Agreement to be effective as of the date first written above.

EMBRAER - Empresa BrasileiraEXPRESSJET AIRLINES, INC.

de Aeronautica S.A.

 

 

By: /S/ Satoshi Yokota___________By:  _/S/ Frederick Cromer___     

Name: Satoshi YokotaName:  Frederick Cromer

Title: Executive Vice-President IndustrialTitle:  Vice President & Chief 
   Financial Officer

By: /S/ Flavio Ríimoli______

Name: Flavio Ríimoli

Title: Director of Contracts  

Date:February 26, 2003Date:    February 26, 2003

Place:  Sao Jose Dos Campos, S.P.Place:  Houston, Texas

Witness:  /S/ Fernando Bueno__  Witness:/S/ Pam Baley__________

Name:    Fernando BuenoName:  Pam BaleyEXHIBIT 4.1

SHARES OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST

PAR VALUE $.03

Number
HS

Shares

FORMED UNDER THE LAWS
OF THE STATE OF TEXAS

THIS CERTIFICATE IS TRANSFERABLE IN
NEW YORK, NY OR RIDGEFIELD PARK, NJ

CUSIP 948741 10 3
SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

WEINGARTEN REALTY INVESTORS

A TEXAS REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST

FULLY PAID AND NONASSESSABLE SHARES OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST OF

Weingarten Realty Investors (the "Trust"), transferable on the books of the
Trust by the holder hereof in person, or by duly authorized attorney, upon
surrender of this Certificate properly endorsed. This Certificate is not valid
unless countersigned by the Transfer Agent and registered by the Registrar.
  Witness the facsimile seal of the Trust and the facsimile signatures of its
duly authorized representatives.

Dated:

Secretary

Chairman

COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED:
MELLON INVESTOR SERVICES LLC
TRANSFER AGENT
AND REGISTRAR
BY

AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE

THERE ARE RESTRICTIONS ON THE TRANSFER OF THE SHARES EVIDENCED BY
THIS CERTIFICATE AS MORE FULLY SET FORTH ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.

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WEINGARTEN REALTY INVESTORS
This Certificate and the shares represented hereby are subject in all respects
to the laws of the State of Texas and to the Declaration of Trust and Bylaws of
the Trust and any amendments thereto. The Declaration of Trust, as amended,
provides that no shareholder shall have any preemptive rights to acquire
unissued or treasury shares of the Trust. The Declaration of Trust also
restricts the transfer of the shares of beneficial interest evidenced by this
Certificate in connection with the qualification by the Trust as a real estate
investment trust. Copies of the Trust's Declaration of Trust are on file with
the Harris County, Texas, County Clerk and will be furnished to any shareholder
of record without charge upon written request to the Trust at the principal
place of business or registered office.
The Trust will furnish a full statement of the designations and any preferences,
conversion and other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to
dividends, qualifications, and terms and conditions of redemption of the shares
of each class which the Trust is authorized to issue and the difference in the
relative rights and preferences between the shares of each series of any
preferred class to the extent they have been set and the authority of the trust
managers to set the relative rights and preferences of subsequent series to any
holder of shares without charge on written request to the Trust at its principal
place of business or registered office.

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this
certificate, shall be
construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws
or regulations:

TEN COM
TEN ENT
JT TEN
- as tenants in common
- as tenants by the entireties
- as joint tenants with right
   of survivorship and not as
   tenants in common
UNIF GIFT MIN ACT-Custodian
                                                       (Cust)
(Minor)
                                   under Uniform Gifts to Minors
                                               Act
                                                                      (State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
For value received,hereby sell, assign and transfer unto
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
        NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name
as written upon the face of the Certificate, in every particular, without
alteration or enlargement, or any change whatever.
Please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of assignee
Shares of Beneficial Interest represented by the within Certificate, and do

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hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint Attorney to transfer the said shares
on the books of the within-named Trust with full power of substitution in the
premises.

ALL GUARANTEES MUST BE MADE BY A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION (SUCH AS A BANK OR
BROKER) WHICH IS A PARTICIPANT IN THE SECURITIES TRANSFER AGENTS MEDALLION
PROGRAM ("STAMP"), THE  NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, INC. MEDALLION SIGNATURE
PROGRAM ("MSP"), ON THE STOCK EXCHANGES MEDALLION PROGRAM ("SEMP") AND MUST NOT
BE DATED. GUARANTEES BY A NOTARY PUBLIC ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE.

<PAGE>Exhibit 10(a)

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Post-Effective Amendment
No. 6 to Registration Statement No. 333-68879 of Merrill Lynch Large Cap Growth
V.I. Fund of Mercury V.I. Funds, Inc. (the "Fund") on Form N-1A of our report
dated February 20, 2003, appearing in the December 31, 2002 Annual Report of the
Fund, in the Statement of Additional Information which is part of this
Registration Statement. We also consent to the reference to us under the caption
"Financial Highlights" in the Prospectus, which is also part of this
Registration Statement.

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

Princeton, New Jersey
April 14, 2003

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