Document:

Exhibit 10.4

 

TERM LOAN SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

dated as of

 

April 12, 2012

 

among

 

HYPERION AIRCRAFT INC.,

 

DELOS AIRCRAFT INC.,

 

ARTEMIS (DELOS) LIMITED,

 

APOLLO AIRCRAFT INC.,

 

and

 

THE ADDITIONAL GRANTORS REFERRED TO HEREIN
 as the Grantors

 

and

 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

as the Collateral Agent

 

 

T A B L E   O F   C O N T E N T S

 

	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS
    	
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Section 1.01
    	
Definitions
    	
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Section 1.02
    	
Construction and Usage
    	
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ARTICLE II SECURITY
    	
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Section 2.01
    	
Grant of Security
    	
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Section 2.02
    	
Security for Obligations
    	
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Section 2.03
    	
Representations and Warranties of the Grantors
    	
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Section 2.04
    	
Grantors Remain Liable
    	
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Section 2.05
    	
Delivery of Collateral
    	
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Section 2.06
    	
As to the Pool Aircraft Collateral
    	
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Section 2.07
    	
As to the Equity Collateral and Investment Collateral
    	
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Section 2.08
    	
Further Assurances
    	
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Section 2.09
    	
Place of Perfection; Records
    	
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Section 2.10
    	
Voting Rights; Dividends; Etc.
    	
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Section 2.11
    	
Transfers and Other Liens; Additional Shares or Interests
    	
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Section 2.12
    	
Collateral Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact
    	
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Section 2.13
    	
Collateral Agent May Perform
    	
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Section 2.14
    	
Covenant to Pay
    	
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Section 2.15
    	
Delivery of Collateral Supplements
    	
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Section 2.16
    	
Insurance
    	
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Section 2.17
    	
Covenant Regarding Control
    	
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Section 2.18
    	
Covenant Regarding Collateral Account
    	
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Section 2.19
    	
As to Irish Law
    	
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Section 2.20
    	
Additional Charges Over Shares
    	
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ARTICLE III REMEDIES
    	
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Section 3.01
    	
Remedies
    	
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Section 3.02
    	
Priority of Payments
    	
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ARTICLE IV SECURITY INTEREST   ABSOLUTE
    	
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Section 4.01
    	
Security Interest Absolute
    	
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ARTICLE V THE COLLATERAL AGENT
    	
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Section 5.01
    	
Authorization and Action
    	
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Section 5.02
    	
Absence of Duties
    	
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Section 5.03
    	
Representations or Warranties
    	
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Section 5.04
    	
Reliance; Agents; Advice of Counsel
    	
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Section 5.05
    	
No Individual Liability
    	
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ARTICLE VI SUCCESSOR COLLATERAL   AGENT
    	
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Section 6.01
    	
Resignation and Removal of the Collateral Agent
    	
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Section 6.02
    	
Appointment of Successor
    	
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ARTICLE VII INDEMNITY AND   EXPENSES
    	
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Section 7.01
    	
Indemnity
    	
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Section 7.02
    	
Secured Parties’ Indemnity
    	
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Section 7.03
    	
No Compensation from Secured Parties
    	
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Section 7.04
    	
Collateral Agent Fees
    	
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ARTICLE VIII MISCELLANEOUS
    	
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Section 8.01
    	
Amendments; Waivers; Etc.
    	
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Section 8.02
    	
Addresses for Notices; Delivery of Documents
    	
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Section 8.03
    	
Remedies
    	
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Section 8.04
    	
Severability
    	
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Section 8.05
    	
Continuing Security Interest
    	
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Section 8.06
    	
Release and Termination
    	
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Section 8.07
    	
Currency Conversion
    	
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Section 8.08
    	
Governing Law
    	
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Section 8.09
    	
Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process
    	
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Section 8.10
    	
Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness
    	
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Section 8.11
    	
Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.
    	
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Section 8.12
    	
Non-Invasive Provisions
    	
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Section 8.13
    	
Limited Recourse
    	
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SCHEDULES
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Schedule   I
    	
Aircraft   Objects
    	
 
    
	
Schedule   II
    	
Pledged   Equity Interests; Pledged Debt
    	
 
    
	
Schedule   III
    	
Trade   Names
    	
 
    
	
Schedule   IV
    	
Chief   Place of Business and Chief Executive or Registered Office
    	
 
    
	
Schedule   V
    	
Insurance
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
EXHIBITS
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Exhibit   A-1
    	
Form   of Collateral Supplement
    	
 
    
	
Exhibit   A-2
    	
Form   of Grantor Supplement
    	
 
    
	
Exhibit   B
    	
Form   of Charge Over Shares of Irish Subsidiary Holdco
    	
 
    
	
Exhibit   C
    	
Form   of Account Control Agreement
    	
 
    
					

 

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This TERM LOAN SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of April 12, 2012, is made among HYPERION AIRCRAFT INC., a California corporation (“Parent Holdco”), DELOS AIRCRAFT INC., a California corporation (the “Borrower”), ARTEMIS (DELOS) LIMITED, a private limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Ireland (the “Irish Subsidiary Holdco”), APOLLO AIRCRAFT INC., a California corporation (the “CA Subsidiary Holdco”) and the ADDITIONAL GRANTORS who from time to time become grantors under this Agreement (together with Parent Holdco, the Borrower, the Irish Subsidiary Holdco and the CA Subsidiary Holdco, the “Grantors”), and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., a national banking association (“Bank of America”), as the collateral agent (in such capacity, and together with any permitted successor or assign thereto or any permitted replacement thereof, the “Collateral Agent”).

 

PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS:

 

(1)           International Lease Finance Corporation (“ILFC”), the Borrower, Parent Holdco, the Irish Subsidiary Holdco, the CA Subsidiary Holdco, the lenders identified therein, Bank of America, N.A. as the administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”) and the Collateral Agent have entered into the Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “Credit Agreement”), pursuant to which the Lenders have made the Loans to the Borrower.

 

(2)           ILFC is the direct or indirect owner of certain Aircraft and ILFC and certain of its Affiliates are parties to lease and sub-lease contracts with respect to such Aircraft.

 

(3)           (a) Parent Holdco owns 100% of the outstanding capital stock of the Borrower, (b) the Borrower owns 100% of the outstanding capital stock of the CA Subsidiary Holdco and 100% of the Equity Interests of the Irish Subsidiary Holdco, (c) the Irish Subsidiary Holdco and the CA Subsidiary Holdco directly or indirectly (and subject to the Local Requirements Exception)  hold or will acquire from time to time, 100% of the Equity Interests in Owner Subsidiaries that may in turn hold or acquire from time to time 100% of the Equity Interests in other Owner Subsidiaries, and each Owner Subsidiary has acquired Pool Aircraft or will from time to time on or after the Effective Date acquire Pool Aircraft from ILFC or its Affiliates and (d) CA Subsidiary Holdco, Irish Subsidiary Holdco or an Owner Subsidiary will acquire directly or indirectly (and subject to the Local Requirements Exception) 100% of the Equity Interests of any Intermediate Lessee that will, from time to time after the Effective Date, act as leasing intermediary with respect to certain Pool Aircraft.

 

(4)           The Grantors in each case party thereto have agreed pursuant to the Credit Agreement, and it is a condition precedent to the making and release of the Loans by the Lenders under the Credit Agreement, that the Grantors grant the security interests required by this Agreement.

 

(5)           Each Grantor will derive substantial direct and indirect benefit from the transactions described above.

 

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(6)           Bank of America is willing to act as the Collateral Agent under this Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, each Grantor hereby agrees with the Collateral Agent for its respective benefit and the benefit of the other Secured Parties as follows:

 

ARTICLE I
 DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.01  Definitions. (a)  Certain Defined Terms. For the purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings indicated below:

 

“1881 Act” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.20.

 

“Account Collateral” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(d).

 

“Account Control Agreement” means the collateral account control agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C in respect of the Collateral Account dated on or about the Effective Date among the Securities Intermediary, the Borrower and the Collateral Agent.

 

“Additional Grantor” has the meaning specified in Section 8.01(b).

 

“Agreed Currency” has the meaning specified in Section 8.07.

 

“Agreement” has the meaning specified in the recital of parties to this Agreement.

 

“Aircraft Objects” means, collectively, the “aircraft objects” (as defined in the Protocol) described on Schedule I hereto, as supplemented by each Collateral Supplement and Grantor Supplement.

 

“Airframe” means, individually, each of the airframes described on Schedule I hereto, as supplemented by any Collateral Supplement or Grantor Supplement.

 

“Bank of America” has the meaning specified in the recital of parties to this Agreement.

 

“Beneficial Interest Collateral” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(c).

 

“Borrower” has the meaning specified in the preliminary statements of this Agreement.

 

“Cape Town Lease” means any Lease (including any Lease between Grantors) that has been entered into, extended, assigned or novated after March 1, 2006 (or such later date as the Cape Town Convention may be given effect under the law of any applicable jurisdiction) (A) with a Cape Town Lessee or (B) where the related Aircraft Object is registered in a “Contracting State”.

 

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“Cape Town Lessee” means a lessee under a Lease that is “situated in” a “Contracting State”.

 

“Certificated Security” means a certificated security (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(4) of the UCC) other than a Government Security.

 

“Collateral” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01.

 

“Collateral Agent” has the meaning specified in the recital of parties to this Agreement.

 

“Collateral Supplement” means a supplement to this Agreement in substantially the form attached as Exhibit A-1 executed and delivered by a Grantor.

 

“Credit Agreement” has the meaning specified in the preliminary statements to this Agreement.

 

“Eligible Institution” means (a) Bank of America in its capacity as the Collateral Agent under this Agreement; (b) any bank not organized under the laws of the United States of America so long as it has either (i) a long-term unsecured debt rating of A or better by Standard & Poor’s and A2 or better by Moody’s or (ii) a short-term unsecured debt rating of A-1+ by Standard & Poor’s and P-1 or better by Moody’s; or (c) any bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof, or the District of Columbia (or any branch of a foreign bank licensed under any such laws), so long as it (i) has either (A) a long-term unsecured debt rating of A (or the equivalent) or better by each of Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s or (B) a short-term unsecured debt rating of A-l+ by Standard & Poor’s and P-1 by Moody’s and (ii) can act as a securities intermediary under the New York Uniform Commercial Code.

 

“Enforcement Event” means, with respect to each section or provision of the Loan Documents where the term “Enforcement Event” is used, the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default together with, except in the case of an Event of Default described in clauses (g), (h) or (i) of Article 6 of the Credit Agreement or if such notice is otherwise not permitted by applicable law, notice from the Collateral Agent to the Borrower and ILFC that such Event of Default shall constitute an Enforcement Event with respect to such section or provision (it being agreed that (a) the failure to include any such section or provision in any such notice shall not prejudice the Collateral Agent’s right to send a subsequent notice specifying such section or provision and (b) it shall be sufficient for any such notice to state that it applies to all such sections and provisions (without specifying the sections or provisions) or that it applies to all such sections and provisions except certain specified sections or provisions), unless revoked or rescinded pursuant to a notice to such effect from the Collateral Agent, for so long as such Event of Default is continuing.

 

“Engine” means, individually, each of the aircraft engines described on Schedule I hereto, as supplemented by each Collateral Supplement and Grantor Supplement.

 

“Equity Collateral” has the meaning specified in Section 2.07(a).

 

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“Event of Default” means any Event of Default (as defined in the Credit Agreement).

 

“FAA” means the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States of America.

 

“Government Security” means any security issued or guaranteed by the United States of America or an agency or instrumentality thereof that is maintained in book-entry on the records of the FRBNY and is subject to Revised Book-Entry Rules.

 

“Grantor Supplement” means a supplement to this Agreement in substantially the form attached as Exhibit A-2 executed and delivered by a Grantor.

 

“Grantors” has the meaning specified in the recital of parties to this Agreement.

 

“ILFC” has the meaning specified in the recital of parties in to Agreement.

 

“Instrument” means any “instrument” as defined in Section 9-102(a)(47) of the UCC.

 

“Insurances” means, in relation to each Pool Aircraft, any and all contracts or policies of insurance and reinsurance complying with the provisions of Schedule V hereto or an indemnity from a Governmental Authority as indemnitor, as appropriate, and required to be effected and maintained in accordance with this Agreement.

 

“International Registry” means the International Registry under the Cape Town Convention.

 

“Investment Collateral” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(d).

 

“Membership Interest Collateral” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(b).

 

“Parent Holdco” has the meaning specified in the recital of parties in to Agreement.

 

“Parts” means all appliances, parts, components, instruments, appurtenances, accessories, furnishings, seats and other equipment of whatever nature (other than (a) Engines or engines, and (b) any appliance, part, component, instrument, appurtenance, accessory, furnishing, seat or other equipment that would qualify as a removable part and is leased by a Lessee from a third party or is subject to a security interest granted to a third party), that may from time to time be installed or incorporated in or attached or appurtenant to any Airframe or any Engine or removed therefrom and, if the applicable Pool Aircraft or Engine is subject to a Lease, is owned by a Grantor hereunder during the term of such Lease under the provisions of such Lease.

 

“Pledged Beneficial Interests” means all of the beneficial interest in the Pledged Equity Parties described in the attached Schedule II, as supplemented by any Collateral Supplement or Grantor Supplement.

 

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“Pledged Borrower Debt” means any and all Indebtedness from time to time owing by the Borrower to any Borrower Party.

 

“Pledged CA Subsidiary Holdco Debt” means any and all Indebtedness from time to time owing by the CA Subsidiary Holdco to any Borrower Party.

 

“Pledged Debt” means the Pledged Parent Holdco Debt, the Pledged Borrower Debt, the Pledged Irish Subsidiary Holdco Debt, the Pledged CA Subsidiary Holdco Debt, the Pledged Owner Subsidiary Debt and the Pledged Intermediate Lessee Debt.

 

“Pledged Debt Collateral” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01(a)(iii).

 

“Pledged Equity Interests” means the Pledged Beneficial Interests, the Pledged Membership Interests and the Pledged Stock.

 

“Pledged Equity Party” means the Borrower, the Irish Subsidiary Holdco, the CA Subsidiary Holdco, each Owner Subsidiary and each Intermediate Lessee.

 

“Pledged Intermediate Lessee Debt” means any and all Indebtedness from time to time owing by any Intermediate Lessee to any Borrower Party.

 

“Pledged Irish Subsidiary Holdco Debt” means any and all Indebtedness from time to time owing by the Irish Subsidiary Holdco to any Borrower Party.

 

“Pledged Owner Subsidiary Debt” means any and all Indebtedness from time to time owing by any Owner Subsidiary to any Borrower Party.

 

“Pledged Membership Interests” means all of the membership interests in the Pledged Equity Parties described in the attached Schedule II, as supplemented by any Collateral Supplement or Grantor Supplement.

 

“Pledged Parent Holdco Debt” means any and all Indebtedness from time to time owing by Parent Holdco to any Borrower Party.

 

“Pledged Stock” means the outstanding shares of capital stock and/or issued share capital of the Pledged Equity Parties described in the attached Schedule II, as supplemented by any Collateral Supplement or Grantor Supplement.

 

“Received Currency” has the meaning specified in Section 8.07.

 

“Relevant Collateral” has the meaning specified in Section 2.07(a).

 

“Required Cape Town Registrations” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.08(c).

 

“Revised Book-Entry Rules” means 31 C.F.R. § 357 (Treasury bills, notes and bonds); 12 C.F.R. § 615 (book-entry securities of the Farm Credit Administration); 12 C.F.R. §§ 910 and 912 (book-entry securities of the Federal Home Loan Banks); 24 C.F.R. § 81 (book-

 

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entry securities of the Federal National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation); 12 C.F.R. § 1511 (book-entry securities of the Resolution Funding Corporation); 31 C.F.R. § 354 (book-entry securities of the Student Loan Marketing Association); and any substantially comparable book-entry rules of any other Federal agency or instrumentality.

 

“Secured Obligations” has the meaning assigned to the term “Obligations” in the Credit Agreement.

 

“Secured Party” means any of or, in the plural form, all of the Collateral Agent, the Lenders, and the Administrative Agent.

 

“Securities Account” means a securities account as defined in Section 8-501(a) of the UCC maintained in the name of the Collateral Agent as “entitlement holder” (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(7) of the UCC) on the books and records of a Securities Intermediary whose “securities intermediary’s jurisdiction” (within the meaning of Section 8-110(e) of the UCC) is the State of New York.

 

“Securities Intermediary” means any “securities intermediary” with respect to the Collateral Agent as defined in 31 C.F.R. Section 357.2 or Section 8-102(a)(14) of the UCC.

 

“Security Collateral” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(a).

 

“Uncertificated Security” means an uncertificated security (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(18) of the UCC) other than a Government Security.

 

(a)           Terms Defined in the Cape Town Convention.  The following terms shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in, or as otherwise used in, the Cape Town Convention: “Contracting State”, “contract of sale”, “international interest” and “situated in”.

 

(b)           Terms Defined in the Credit Agreement.  For all purposes of this Agreement, all capitalized terms used but not defined in this Agreement shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.

 

(c)           Certain Terms Used in the Account Control Agreement.  As between the parties hereto, it is agreed that references in the Account Control Agreement to “enforcement event” and “loan documents” shall be construed respectively as references to “Enforcement Event” and “Loan Documents” as such terms are defined herein and in the Credit Agreement.

 

Section 1.02  Construction and Usage.  Unless the context otherwise requires:

 

(a)           A term has the meaning assigned to it and an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP.

 

(b)           The terms “herein”, “hereof” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision.

 

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(c)           Unless otherwise indicated in context, all references to Articles, Sections, Schedules or Exhibits refer to an Article or Section of, or a Schedule or Exhibit to, this Agreement.

 

(d)           Words of the masculine, feminine or neuter gender shall mean and include the correlative words of other genders, and words in the singular shall include the plural, and vice versa.

 

(e)           The terms “include”, “including” and similar terms shall be construed as if followed by the phrase “without limitation”.

 

(f)            References in this Agreement to an agreement or other document (including this Agreement) include references to such agreement or document, as supplemented, amended, replaced or otherwise modified (without, however, limiting the effect of the provisions of this Agreement with regard to any such supplement, amendment, replacement or modification), and the provisions of this Agreement apply to successive events and transactions.  References to any Person shall include such Person’s successors in interest and permitted assigns.

 

(g)           References in this Agreement to any statute or other legislative provision shall include any statutory or legislative modification or re-enactment thereof, or any substitution therefor, and references to any governmental Person shall include reference to any governmental Person succeeding to the relevant functions of such Person.

 

(h)           References in this Agreement to any action, remedy or method of judicial proceeding for the enforcement of the rights of creditors or of security shall be deemed to include, in respect of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, references to such action, remedy or method of judicial proceeding for the enforcement of the rights of creditors or of security available or appropriate in such jurisdiction as shall most nearly approximate such action, remedy or method of judicial proceeding described or referred to in this Agreement.

 

(i)            Where any payment is to be made, funds applied or any calculation is to be made hereunder on a day which is not a Business Day, unless any Loan Document otherwise provides, such payment shall be made, funds applied and calculation made on the next succeeding Business Day, and payments shall be adjusted accordingly; provided, however, that no additional interest shall be due in respect of such delay.

 

ARTICLE II
 SECURITY

 

Section 2.01 Grant of Security.

 

To secure the Secured Obligations, each Grantor hereby assigns and pledges to the Collateral Agent, for its benefit and the benefit of the other Secured Parties, and hereby grants to the Collateral Agent for its benefit and the benefit of the other Secured Parties a security interest in, all of such Grantor’s right, title and interest in and to the following, whether now owned or hereafter acquired (collectively, the “Collateral”):

 

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(a)           with respect to each Grantor, all of the following (the “Security Collateral”):

 

(i)            the Pledged Stock and the certificates representing such Pledged Stock, and all dividends, cash, instruments and other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of the Pledged Stock;

 

(ii)           all additional shares of the capital stock of any other Pledged Equity Party from time to time acquired by such Grantor in any manner, including the capital stock of any other Pledged Equity Party that may be formed from time to time, and all certificates, if any, representing such additional shares of the capital stock and all dividends, cash, instruments and other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all such additional shares; and

 

(iii)          the Pledged Debt and all instruments evidencing the Pledged Debt, and all interest, cash, instruments and other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of the Pledged Debt (the “Pledged Debt Collateral”);

 

(b)           with respect to each Grantor, all of the following (the “Membership Interest Collateral”):

 

(i)            the Pledged Membership Interests, all certificates, if any, from time to time representing all of such Grantor’s right, title and interest in the Pledged Membership Interests, any contracts and instruments pursuant to which any such Pledged Membership Interests are created or issued and all distributions, cash, instruments and other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of the Pledged Membership Interests; and

 

(ii)           all of such Grantor’s right, title and interest in all additional membership interests in any other Pledged Equity Party from time to time acquired by such Grantor in any manner, including the membership interests in any other Pledged Equity Party that may be formed from time to time, and all certificates, if any, from time to time representing such additional membership interests and all distributions, cash, instruments and other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all such additional membership interests;

 

(c)           with respect to each Grantor, all of the following (the “Beneficial Interest Collateral”):

 

(i)            the Pledged Beneficial Interest, all certificates, if any, from time to time representing all of such Grantor’s right, title and interest in the Pledged Beneficial Interest, any contracts and instruments pursuant to which any such Pledged Beneficial Interest are created or issued and all distributions, cash, instruments and other property

 

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from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of the Pledged Beneficial Interest; and

 

(ii)           all of such Grantor’s right, title and interest in all additional beneficial interests in any other Pledged Equity Party from time to time acquired by such Grantor in any manner, including the beneficial interests in any other Pledged Equity Party that may be formed from time to time, the trust agreements and any other contracts and instruments pursuant to which any such Pledged Equity Party is created or issued, and all certificates, if any, from time to time representing such additional beneficial interests and all distributions, cash, instruments and other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all such additional beneficial interests;

 

(d)           all other “investment property” (as defined in Section 9-102(a)(49) of the UCC) of such Grantor (the “Investment Collateral”) including written notification of all interest, dividends, instruments and other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of the then existing Investment Collateral, but excluding any loans or advances made, or dividends, contributions or distributions or other amounts paid, by any Pledged Equity Party to any Transaction Party;

 

(e)           with respect to each Grantor, all right of such Grantor in and to the Collateral Account and all funds, cash, investment property, investments, securities, instruments or other property (including all “financial assets” within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the UCC) at any time or from time to time credited to any such account (collectively, the “Account Collateral”); and

 

(f)            all proceeds of any and all of the foregoing Collateral (including proceeds that constitute property of the types described in subsections (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) of this Section 2.01);

 

provided, however, that notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions, so long as no Enforcement Event shall have occurred and be continuing, each Grantor shall have the right, to the exclusion of the Collateral Agent, to (i) all distributions, cash, instruments and other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of the Security Collateral (other than the Pledged Debt), (ii) all interest, cash, instruments and other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of the Pledged Debt, and (iii) the Investment Collateral (subject to the exclusion in Section 2.01(d), and once paid by a Grantor to a non-Grantor shall be free and clear of the Lien hereof and shall not constitute Collateral), and if an Enforcement Event shall have occurred and be continuing, no Grantor shall make any such payment to a non-Grantor without the Collateral Agent’s consent The foregoing proviso shall in no event give rise to any right on behalf of any Transaction Party to cause the release of amounts from the Collateral Account other than in accordance with the Loan Documents; provided  further that the Collateral shall not include any Non-Collateral Assets.

 

Section 2.02  Security for Obligations.  This Agreement secures the payment and performance of all Secured Obligations of the Grantors to each Secured Party (subject to the

 

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subordination provisions of this Agreement) and shall be held by the Collateral Agent in trust for the Secured Parties.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, this Agreement secures the payment of all amounts that constitute part of the Secured Obligations and would be owed by any Grantor to any Secured Party but for the fact that Secured Obligations are unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence of a bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding involving such Grantor.

 

Section 2.03  Representations and Warranties of the Grantors.  Each Grantor represents and warrants as of the date of this Agreement, the Effective Date, each Release Date in respect of which such Grantor is a Relevant Release Party and as of each date on which such Grantor executes and delivers a Grantor Supplement or a Collateral Supplement, as follows:

 

(a)           Each Pool Aircraft is legally and beneficially Owned by the Owner Subsidiary identified as the Owner of such Pool Aircraft in the applicable Release Request or legally Owned by the Owner Subsidiary and beneficially Owned by a Subsidiary Holdco or another Owner Subsidiary, except to the extent of the Local Requirements Exception and as provided in the definition of “Own”.  None of the Pool Aircraft Assets has been sold in violation of the provisions of the Loan Documents, or is currently pledged, assigned or otherwise encumbered except for Permitted Liens, and no Pool Aircraft Assets are described in (i) any UCC financing statements filed against any Transaction Party other than UCC financing statements which have been (or have been agreed by the secured parties referenced therein to be) terminated and UCC Financing Statements filed in connection with Permitted Liens or (ii) any other mortgage registries, including the International Registry (which for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include any contract of sale) or filing records that may be applicable to the Pool Aircraft or Collateral in any other relevant jurisdiction, other than such filings or registrations that have been (or have been agreed by the secured parties referenced therein to be) terminated or that have been made in connection with Permitted Liens. Except to the extent of the Local Requirements Exception and as provided in the definition of “Own”, the Grantors are the legal and beneficial owners of the Collateral. None of the Collateral has been sold in violation of the provisions of the Loan Documents, or is currently pledged, assigned or otherwise encumbered other than pursuant to the terms of the Loan Documents and except for Permitted Liens.  No Collateral is described in (i) any UCC financing statements filed against any Pledged Equity Party other than UCC financing statements which have been (or have been agreed by the secured parties referenced therein to be) terminated and the UCC financing statements filed in connection with Permitted Liens or (ii) any other mortgage registries, including the International Registry (which for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include any contract of sale), or filing records that may be applicable to the Collateral in any other relevant jurisdiction, other than such filings or registrations that have been (or have been agreed by the secured parties referenced therein to be) terminated or that have been made in connection with Permitted Liens, this Agreement or any other security document in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, or, with respect to any Lease, in favor of the applicable Lessor Subsidiary or the Lessee thereunder.

 

(b)           In each case as and to the extent required under the Express Perfection Requirements, this Agreement creates a valid and (upon the taking of the actions required hereby) perfected security interest in favor of the Collateral Agent in the Collateral as security for the Secured Obligations, subject in priority to no other Liens (other than Permitted Liens), and all filings and other actions necessary to perfect and protect such security interest as a first

 

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priority security interest of the Collateral Agent have been (or to the extent permitted hereby or in the case of future Collateral, will be) duly taken, enforceable against the applicable Grantors and creditors of and purchasers from such Grantors.

 

(c)           No Grantor has any trade names except as set forth on Schedule III hereto.

 

(d)           No consent of any other Person and no authorization, approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any governmental authority or regulatory body or other third party (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the International Registry) is required under any applicable law that is necessary to comply with the Express Perfection Requirements (i) for the grant by such Grantor of the assignment and security interest granted hereby, (ii) for the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement by such Grantor or (iii) for the perfection or maintenance of the pledge, assignment and security interest created hereby, except for (A) the filing of financing and continuation statements under the UCC, (B) the Required Cape Town Registrations, (C) the applicable Irish filings pursuant to Section 2.08(e) and (D) such other filings as are required under relevant local law in the case of Grantors that are not domiciled in the United States or a state thereof.

 

(e)           The chief place of business, organizational identification number (if applicable) and chief executive or registered office of such Grantor and the office where such Grantor keeps records of the Collateral are located at the address specified opposite the name of such Grantor on the attached Schedule IV or, in the case of records, at ILFC.

 

(f)            The Pledged Stock constitutes the percentage of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the issuers thereof indicated on the attached Schedule II.  The Pledged Membership Interests constitute the percentage of the membership interest of the issuer thereof, as indicated on Schedule II hereto.  The Pledged Beneficial Interests constitute the percentage of the beneficial interest of the issuer thereof indicated on Schedule II hereto.

 

(g)           The Pledged Stock, the Pledged Membership Interests and the Pledged Beneficial Interests have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid up and nonassessable.  The Pledged Debt has been duly authorized or issued and delivered and is the legal, valid and binding obligation of each applicable Borrower Party thereunder.

 

(h)           The Pledged Stock and the Pledged Membership Interests constitute “certificated securities” within the meaning of Section 8-102(4) of the UCC. If the issuer thereof is organized under the laws of the United States or a state thereof, the terms of any Pledged Equity Interest expressly provide that such Pledged Equity Interest shall be governed by Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the jurisdiction of the issuer of such Pledged Membership Interest or such Article 8 shall be applicable thereto under applicable Laws.  Any Certificated Security or Instrument evidencing the Pledged Stock, the Pledged Debt, the Pledged Beneficial Interests, the Pledged Membership Interests and any Investment Collateral have been delivered to the Collateral Agent in accordance with Section 2.05 and 2.07. The Pledged Stock and the Pledged Membership Interest either (i) are in bearer form, (ii) have been indorsed, by an effective indorsement, to the Collateral Agent or in blank or (iii) have been registered in the name of the Collateral Agent.  None of the Pledged Stock, the Pledged Beneficial Interests and the Pledged Membership Interest that constitute or evidence the Collateral have any marks or

 

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notations indicating that they have been pledged, assigned or otherwise conveyed to any person other than the Collateral Agent (other than those agreed by the secured parties referenced therein to be terminated or released).  Any Pledged Beneficial Interests either (i) constitute “certificated securities” within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(4) of the UCC, have been delivered to the Collateral Agent and (1) are in bearer form, (2) have been indorsed, by an effective indorsement, to the Collateral Agent or in blank or (3) have been registered in the name of the Collateral Agent or (ii) a fully executed “control agreement” has been delivered to the Collateral Agent with respect to such Pledged Beneficial Interests.

 

Section 2.04          Grantors Remain Liable.  Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, (a) each Grantor shall remain liable under the contracts and agreements included in the Collateral to the extent set forth therein to perform all of its duties and obligations thereunder to the same extent as if this Agreement had not been executed, (b) the exercise by the Collateral Agent of any of its rights hereunder shall not release any Grantor from any of its duties or obligations under the contracts and agreements included in the Collateral and (c) in each case, unless the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party, expressly in writing or by operation of law, assumes or succeeds to the interests of any Grantor hereunder, no Secured Party shall have any obligation or liability under the contracts and agreements included in the Collateral by reason of this Agreement, nor shall any Secured Party be obligated to perform any of the obligations or duties of any Grantor under the contracts and agreements included in the Collateral or to take any action to collect or enforce any claim for payment assigned under this Agreement.

 

Section 2.05          Delivery of Collateral.  All certificates or instruments representing or evidencing any Collateral, if deliverable, shall be delivered to and held by or on behalf of the Collateral Agent and shall be in suitable form for transfer by delivery, or shall be accompanied by duly executed instruments of transfer or assignment in blank, all in form and substance satisfactory to evidence the security interests granted thereby.  The Collateral Agent shall have the right, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Enforcement Event, to transfer to or to register in the name of the Collateral Agent or any of its nominees any or all of the Pledged Equity Interests, subject only to the revocable rights specified in Section 2.10(a).  In addition, the Collateral Agent shall have the right at any time, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Enforcement Event, to exchange certificates or instruments representing or evidencing any Collateral for certificates or instruments of smaller or larger denominations.

 

Section 2.06          As to the Pool Aircraft Collateral.  (a) The Grantors shall provide a true and complete copy of all documents or instruments constituting Pool Aircraft Collateral to the Collateral Agent on or prior to the Release Date in respect of such Pool Aircraft.  Subsequent to a Release Date in respect of a Pool Aircraft, upon (i) the inclusion of any additional such document or instrument in the Pool Aircraft Collateral in respect of such Pool Aircraft or (ii) the amendment or replacement thereof, the Grantors will deliver, or cause to be delivered, a copy thereof to the Collateral Agent.  Each such document or instrument will have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the relevant Transaction Party, will be in full force and effect and will be binding upon and enforceable against all parties thereto in accordance with its terms subject to customary exceptions.

 

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(a)                                 The Grantors shall, at their expense, use reasonable commercial efforts, in accordance with Leasing Company Practice to (A) perform and observe, or cause to be performed and observed, all the terms and provisions of the documents and instruments constituting Pool Aircraft Collateral to be performed or observed by a Transaction Party and (B) after an Enforcement Event has occurred and is continuing take all such action to such end as may be from time to time reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent.

 

Section 2.07                              As to the Equity Collateral and Investment Collateral.  (a)  All Security Collateral, Membership Interest Collateral and Beneficial Interest Collateral  (collectively, the “Equity Collateral”) and all Investment Collateral (together with the Equity Collateral, the “Relevant Collateral”) shall be delivered to the Collateral Agent as follows:

 

(i)                                     in the case of each Certificated Security or Instrument, by (A) causing the delivery of such Certificated Security or Instrument to the Collateral Agent, registered in the name of the Collateral Agent or duly endorsed by an appropriate person to the Collateral Agent or in blank and, in each case, held by the Collateral Agent, or (B) if such Certificated Security or Instrument is registered in the name of any Securities Intermediary on the books of the issuer thereof or on the books of any Securities Intermediary, by causing such Securities Intermediary to continuously credit by book entry such Certificated Security or Instrument to a Securities Account maintained by such Securities Intermediary in the name of the Collateral Agent and confirming in writing to the Collateral Agent that it has been so credited;

 

(ii)                                  in the case of each Uncertificated Security, by (A) causing such Uncertificated Security to be continuously registered on the books of the issuer thereof in the name of the Collateral Agent or (B) if such Uncertificated Security is registered in the name of a Securities Intermediary on the books of the issuer thereof or on the books of any securities intermediary of a Securities Intermediary, by causing such Securities Intermediary to continuously credit by book entry such Uncertificated Security to a Securities Account maintained by such Securities Intermediary in the name of the Collateral Agent and confirming in writing to the Collateral Agent that it has been so credited; and

 

(iii)                               in the case of each Government Security registered in the name of any Securities Intermediary on the books of the FRBNY or on the books of any securities intermediary of such Securities Intermediary, by causing such Securities Intermediary to continuously credit by book entry such security to the collateral account maintained by such Securities Intermediary in the name of the Collateral Agent and confirming in writing to the Collateral Agent that it has been so credited.

 

(b)                                 Each Grantor and the Collateral Agent hereby represents, with respect to the Account Collateral, that it has not entered into, and hereby agrees that it will not enter into, any currently effective agreement (i) with any of the other parties hereto or any Securities Intermediary specifying any jurisdiction other than the State of New York as the “securities intermediary’s jurisdiction” within the meaning of Section 8-110(e) of the UCC in connection with any Securities Account with any Securities Intermediary referred to in Section 2.07(a) for purposes of 31 C.F.R. Section 357.11(b), Section 8-110(e) of the UCC or any similar state or 

 

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Federal law, or (ii) with any other person relating to such account pursuant to which it has agreed that any Securities Intermediary may comply with entitlement orders made by such person.  The Collateral Agent represents that it will, by express agreement with each Securities Intermediary, provide for each item of property constituting Account Collateral held in and credited to the Securities Account, including cash, to be treated as a “financial asset” within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9)(iii) of the UCC for the purposes of Article 8 of the UCC.

 

(c)                                  Without limiting the foregoing, each Grantor and the Collateral Agent agree, and the Collateral Agent shall cause each Securities Intermediary, to take such different or additional action as may be required in order to maintain the perfection and priority of the security interest of the Collateral Agent in the Equity Collateral in the event of any change in applicable law or regulation, including Articles 8 and 9 of the UCC and regulations of the U.S. Department of the Treasury governing transfers of interests in Government Securities.

 

Section 2.08                              Further Assurances.  (a)  In each case to the extent required pursuant to the Express Perfection Requirements, each Grantor agrees that from time to time, at the expense of such Grantor, such Grantor shall promptly execute and deliver all further instruments and documents, and take all further action (including under the laws of any foreign jurisdiction), that may be necessary, or that the Collateral Agent may reasonably request, in order to perfect and protect any pledge, assignment or security interest granted or purported to be granted hereby or to enable the Collateral Agent to exercise and enforce its rights and remedies hereunder with respect to any Collateral.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing but subject to the qualification that the following are required only to the extent of the Express Perfection Requirements, each Grantor shall:  (i) execute and file such financing or continuation statements, or amendments thereto, under the UCC and such other instruments or notices, that may be necessary, or as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request, in order to perfect and preserve the pledge, assignment and security interest granted or purported to be granted hereby and (ii) execute, file, record, or register such additional documents and supplements to this Agreement, including any further assignments, security agreements, pledges, grants and transfers, as may be required under the laws of any foreign jurisdiction of organization or domicile of the relevant Grantor hereunder or as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request, to create, attach, perfect, validate, render enforceable, protect or establish the priority of the security interest and lien of this Agreement.

 

(a)                                 Each Grantor hereby authorizes the Collateral Agent to file one or more financing or continuation statements, and amendments thereto, under the UCC relating to all or any part of the Collateral without the signature of such Grantor where permitted by law.  A photocopy or other reproduction of this Agreement or any financing statement covering the Collateral or any part thereof shall be sufficient as a financing statement where permitted by law.

 

(b)                                 Each Grantor shall ensure that at all times an individual shall be appointed as administrator with respect to each Owner Subsidiary and each Intermediate Lessee for purposes of the International Registry and shall cause each such Owner Subsidiary and each such Intermediate Lessee to register or cause to be registered with the International Registry (collectively, the “Required Cape Town Registrations”) (i) the international interest provided for in any Cape Town Lease to which such Owner Subsidiary or Intermediate Lessee is a lessor or lessee; and (ii) the contract of sale with respect to any Pool Aircraft by which title to such Pool

 

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Aircraft is conveyed by or to such Owner Subsidiary, but only if the seller under such contract of sale is situated in a Contracting State or if such Aircraft Object is registered in a Contracting State  and if such seller agrees to such registration.

 

(c)                                  With respect to each Grantor holding an Equity Interest in a Pledged Equity Party incorporated under the laws of Ireland, such Grantor shall cause each Security Document executed by it and an Additional Charge Over Shares or, in each case, its relevant particulars to be filed in the Irish Companies Registration Office and, where applicable, the Irish Revenue Commissioners within 21 days of execution thereof.

 

Section 2.09                             Place of Perfection; Records.  Each Grantor shall keep its chief place of business and chief executive office at the location therefor specified in Schedule IV and shall keep its records concerning the Collateral at such location or at ILFC’s chief executive office or, upon 30 days’ prior written notice to the Collateral Agent, at such other locations in a jurisdiction where all actions required by Section 2.03(e) shall have been taken with respect to the Collateral.  Subject to applicable confidentiality restrictions, each Grantor shall hold and preserve such records and, if an Enforcement Event shall have occurred and be continuing, shall permit representatives of the Collateral Agent upon reasonable prior notice at any time during normal business hours reasonably to inspect and make abstracts from such records, all at the sole cost and expense of such Grantor.

 

Section 2.10                             Voting Rights; Dividends; Etc..  (a)  So long as no Enforcement Event shall have occurred and be continuing:

 

(i)                                     Each Grantor shall be entitled to exercise any and all voting and other consensual rights pertaining to all or any part of the Equity Collateral pledged by such Grantor for any purpose not inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement, the charter documents of such Grantor, or the Loan Documents; provided that such Grantor shall not exercise or shall refrain from exercising any such right if such action would constitute a breach of its obligations under the Loan Documents; and

 

(ii)                                  The Collateral Agent shall execute and deliver (or cause to be executed and delivered) to such Grantor all such proxies and other instruments as such Grantor may reasonably request in writing and provide for the purpose of enabling such Grantor to exercise the voting and other rights that it is entitled to exercise pursuant to Section 2.10(a)(i).

 

(b)                                 After an Enforcement Event shall have occurred and be continuing, any and all distributions, dividends and interest paid in respect of the Equity Collateral pledged by such Grantor, including any and all (i) distributions, dividends and interest paid or payable other than in cash in respect of, and instruments and other property received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of, or in exchange for, such Security Collateral, Membership Interest Collateral or Beneficial Interest Collateral; (ii) distributions, dividends and other distributions paid or payable in cash in respect of such Security Collateral, Membership Interest Collateral or Beneficial Interest Collateral in connection with a partial or total liquidation or dissolution or in connection with a reduction of capital, capital surplus or paid-in surplus; and (iii) cash paid, payable or otherwise distributed in respect of principal of, or in redemption of, or in exchange 

 

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for, such Security Collateral, Membership Interest Collateral or Beneficial Interest Collateral shall be forthwith delivered to the Collateral Agent and, if received by such Grantor, shall be received in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent, be segregated from the other property or funds of such Grantor and be forthwith delivered to the Collateral Agent in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement).

 

(c)                                  During the continuance of an Enforcement Event, all rights of each Grantor to exercise or refrain from exercising the voting and other consensual rights that it would otherwise be entitled to exercise pursuant to Section 2.10(a)(i) and 2.10(a)(ii) shall cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Collateral Agent, which shall thereupon have the sole right to exercise or refrain from exercising such voting and other consensual rights.

 

Section 2.11                              Transfers and Other Liens; Additional Shares or Interests.  (a) No Grantor shall (i) sell, assign (by operation of law or otherwise) or otherwise dispose of, or grant any option with respect to, any of the Collateral or (ii) create or suffer to exist any Lien upon or with respect to any of the Collateral, in the case of clause (i) or (ii) other than a Permitted Lien or as otherwise provided for or permitted in any Loan Document.

 

(a)                                 Except as otherwise provided pursuant to the Loan Documents, the Grantors (other than Parent Holdco) shall not issue, deliver or sell any shares, interests, participations or other equivalents except those pledged hereunder and except to the extent of the Local Requirements Exception.  Any beneficial interests, membership interests or capital stock or other securities or interests issued in respect of or in substitution for the Pledged Stock, the Pledged Membership Interests or the Pledged Beneficial Interest shall be issued or delivered (with any necessary endorsement) to the Collateral Agent in accordance with Section 2.07.

 

Section 2.12                             Collateral Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact.  Each Grantor hereby irrevocably appoints, as security for the Secured Obligations, the Collateral Agent as such Grantor’s attorney-in-fact, with full authority in the place and stead of such Grantor and in the name of such Grantor or otherwise, from time to time in the Collateral Agent’s discretion during the occurrence and continuance of an Enforcement Event, to take any action and to execute any instrument that the Collateral Agent may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, including:

 

(a)                                 to ask for, demand, collect, sue for, recover, compromise, receive and give acquittance and receipts for moneys due and to become due under or in respect of any of the Collateral;

 

(b)                                 to receive, indorse and collect any drafts or other instruments and documents in connection included in the Collateral;

 

(c)                                  to file any claims or take any action or institute any proceedings that the Collateral Agent may deem necessary for the collection of any of the Collateral or otherwise to enforce the rights of the Collateral Agent with respect to any of the Collateral; and

 

(d)                                 to execute and file any financing or continuation statements, or amendments thereto, and such other instruments or notices, as may be necessary, in order to perfect (except in the case of the Beneficial Interest Collateral provided pursuant to Section

 

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2.01(c)) and preserve the pledge, assignment and security interest granted hereby; provided, that the Collateral Agent’s exercise of any such power in this clause (d) shall be subject to the Express Perfection Requirements.

 

Section 2.13          Collateral Agent May Perform.  If any Grantor fails to perform any agreement contained in this Agreement, the Collateral Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) after such prior notice as may be reasonable under the circumstances, itself perform, or cause performance of, such agreement, and the expenses of the Collateral Agent incurred in connection with doing so shall be payable by the Grantors.

 

Section 2.14           Covenant to Pay.  Each Grantor covenants with the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) that it will pay or discharge any monies and liabilities whatsoever that are now, or at any time hereafter may be, due, owing or payable by such Grantor in any currency, actually or contingently, solely and/or jointly, and/or severally with another or others, as principal or surety on any account whatsoever pursuant to the Loan Documents in accordance with their terms.  Each Grantor agrees that (except as provided in Article 7 of the Credit Agreement) no payment or distribution by such Grantor pursuant to the preceding sentence shall entitle such Grantor to exercise any rights of subrogation in respect thereof until the related Secured Obligations shall have been paid in full.

 

Section 2.15           Delivery of Collateral Supplements; Delivery of Grantor Supplements.  (a)  Upon the acquisition by any Grantor of any Security Collateral, Membership Interest Collateral or Beneficial Interest Collateral, such Grantor shall concurrently execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent a Collateral Supplement duly completed with respect to such Collateral and shall take such steps with respect to the perfection of such Collateral as are called for by this Agreement for Collateral of the same type; provided that the foregoing shall not be construed to provide for any action with respect to perfection not required by the Express Perfection Requirements; and provided further that the failure of any Grantor to deliver any Collateral Supplement as to any such Collateral shall not impair the lien of this Agreement as to such Collateral.  Upon the acquisition by any Owner Subsidiary of an Aircraft Object not previously described in Schedule I hereto as supplemented by Annex I to each Grantor Supplement and Collateral Supplement, the Grantor that directly Owns the Equity Interest in such Owner Subsidiary shall provide an updated Collateral Supplement describing such Aircraft Object.

 

(b)                                 Each Grantor shall, prior to or simultaneously with such Person Owning the Equity Interests in any Subsidiary (other than a Non-Collateral Subsidiary), cause any Subsidiary Obligor that was not a signatory hereto on the date of this Agreement to enter into a Grantor Supplement and become a Grantor hereunder.

 

Section 2.16                              Insurance.  The Grantors shall cause to be maintained, or procure that the relevant Lessee maintains, hull and third party liability insurance policies in respect of each Pool Aircraft in accordance with the terms of Schedule V hereto.

 

Section 2.17                             Covenant Regarding Control.  No Grantor shall cause nor permit any Person other than the Collateral Agent to have “control” (as defined in Section 8-106 of the 

 

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UCC) of the Collateral Account pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement and the Account Control Agreement.

 

Section 2.18                             Covenant Regarding Account Collateral.  Borrower shall enter into the Account Control Agreement as of the date hereof.

 

Section 2.19                             As to Irish Law.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement and in addition to and without prejudice to any other rights or power of the Collateral Agent under this Agreement or under general law in any relevant jurisdiction, at any time that the Collateral shall become enforceable as provided in Section 3.01, the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to appoint a receiver under this Agreement or under the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 (as amended and as the same may be amended, modified or replaced from time to time, the “2009 Act”) without the need for the occurrence of any of the events specified in (a) to (c) of section 108(1) (Appointment of Receiver) of the 2009 Act, such receiver shall have all such powers, rights and authority conferred under the 2009 Act, this Agreement and otherwise under the laws of Ireland without any limitation or restriction imposed by the 2009 Act or otherwise under the laws of Ireland which may be excluded or removed. The statutory power of sale conferred by section 100 (Power of sale) of the 2009 Act shall apply to the Collateral free from restrictions contained in section 100(1), (2), (3) and (4) and without the requirement to serve notice (as provided for in section 100(1)) and section 108 (7) (Remuneration of a receiver) of the 2009 Act shall not apply to the Collateral or to any receiver appointed under this Agreement.

 

Section 2.20                             Additional Charges Over Shares.  Each Grantor undertakes with the Collateral Agent to enter into an Additional Charge Over Shares in respect of the Equity Interests held by it of any Subsidiary of a Grantor which is incorporated under the laws of Ireland and in respect of any other Subsidiary of a Grantor, in each case to the extent such Additional Charge Over Shares is necessary to perfect or protect the Collateral Agent’s interests in such Equity Interests under applicable Law and to the extent required under the Express Perfection Requirements.

 

ARTICLE III
 REMEDIES

 

Section 3.01                             Remedies.  Notwithstanding anything herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary, if any Enforcement Event shall have occurred and be continuing, and in each case subject to the quiet enjoyment rights of the applicable Lessee of any Pool Aircraft:

 

(a)                                 The Collateral Agent may exercise in respect of the Collateral, in addition to other rights and remedies provided for herein (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent provided for in Section 2.10(c)), all of the rights and remedies of a secured party upon default under the UCC (whether or not the UCC applies to the affected Collateral) and all of the rights and remedies under applicable law and also may (i) require any Grantor to, and such Grantor hereby agrees that it shall at its expense and upon written request of the Collateral Agent forthwith, assemble all or any part of the Collateral as directed by the Collateral Agent and make it available to the Collateral Agent at a place to be designated by the Collateral Agent that is reasonably convenient to both parties and (ii) without 

 

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notice except as specified below, sell or cause the sale of the Collateral or any part thereof in one or more parcels at public or private sale, at any of the Collateral Agent’s offices or elsewhere, for cash, on credit or for future delivery, and upon such other terms as the Collateral Agent may deem commercially reasonable. Each Grantor agrees that, to the extent notice of sale shall be required by law, at least ten days’ prior notice to such Grantor of the time and place of any public sale or the time after which any private sale is to be made shall constitute reasonable notification.  The Collateral Agent shall not be obligated to make any sale of Collateral regardless of notice of sale having been given.  The Collateral Agent may adjourn any public or private sale from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed therefor, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and place to which it was so adjourned.

 

(b)                                 All cash proceeds received by the Collateral Agent in respect of any sale of, collection from, or other realization upon all or any part of the Collateral shall be applied in accordance with Section 3.02.  Any sale or sales conducted in accordance with the terms of this Section 3.01 shall be deemed conclusive and binding on each Grantor and the Secured Parties.

 

Section 3.02                              Priority of Payments.  The Collateral Agent hereby agrees that all cash proceeds received by the Collateral Agent in respect of any Collateral pursuant to Section 3.01 hereof and any payments by any Grantor to the Collateral Agent following an Enforcement Event shall be paid by the Collateral Agent in the order of priority set forth below:

 

(a)                                 first, to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, until payment in full in cash of the Secured Obligations then outstanding; and

 

(b)                                 second, all remaining amounts to the relevant Grantors or whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to receive such amounts as directed by a court of competent jurisdiction.

 

ARTICLE IV
 SECURITY INTEREST ABSOLUTE

 

Section 4.01                             Security Interest Absolute.  A separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted against each Grantor to enforce this Agreement, irrespective of whether any action is brought against any other Grantor or whether any other Grantor is joined in any such action or actions.  Except as otherwise provided in the Loan Documents, all rights of the Collateral Agent and the security interests and Liens granted under, and all obligations of each Grantor under, until the Secured Obligations then outstanding are paid in full, this Agreement and each other Loan Document shall be absolute and unconditional, irrespective of:

 

(a)                                 any lack of validity or enforceability of any Loan Document, Assigned Document or any other agreement or instrument relating thereto;

 

(b)                                 any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, the security for, or in any other term of, all or any of the Secured Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to any departure from any Loan Document or any other agreement or instrument relating thereto;

 

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(c)                                  any taking, exchange, release or non-perfection of the Collateral or any other collateral or taking, release or amendment or waiver of or consent to departure from any guaranty, for all or any of the Secured Obligations;

 

(d)                                 any manner of application of Collateral, or proceeds thereof, to all or any of the Secured Obligations, or any manner of sale or other disposition of any Collateral for all or any of the Secured Obligations or any other assets of the Grantors;

 

(e)                                  any change, restructuring or termination of the corporate structure or existence of any Grantor; or

 

(f)                                   any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Grantor or a third-party grantor of a security interest or a Person deemed to be a surety.

 

ARTICLE V
 THE COLLATERAL AGENT

 

The Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties agree among themselves as follows:

 

Section 5.01                             Authorization and Action.  (a)  Each Secured Party by its acceptance of the benefits of this Agreement hereby appoints and authorizes Bank of America as the initial Collateral Agent to take such action as trustee on behalf of the Secured Parties and to exercise such powers and discretion under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as are specifically delegated to the Collateral Agent by the terms of this Agreement and of the Loan Documents, and no implied duties and covenants shall be deemed to arise against the Collateral Agent.

 

(a)                                 The Collateral Agent accepts such appointment and agrees to perform the same but only upon the terms of this Agreement (including any quiet enjoyment covenants given to the Lessees) and agrees to receive and disburse all moneys received by it in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.  The Collateral Agent in its individual capacity shall not be answerable or accountable under any circumstances, except for its own willful misconduct or gross negligence (or simple negligence in the handling of funds or breach of any of its representations or warranties set forth in this Agreement) and the Collateral Agent shall not be liable for any action or inaction of any Grantor or any other parties to any of the Loan Documents.

 

Section 5.02                             Absence of Duties.  The powers conferred on the Collateral Agent under this Agreement with respect to the Collateral are solely to protect its interests in this Agreement and shall not impose any duty upon it, except as explicitly set forth herein, to exercise any such powers.  Except for the safe custody of any Collateral in its possession and the accounting for moneys actually received by it under this Agreement, the Collateral Agent shall not have any duty as to any Collateral, as to ascertaining or taking action with respect to calls, conversions, exchanges, maturities, tenders or other matters relative to any Collateral, whether or not any Secured Party has or is deemed to have knowledge of such matters, or as to the taking of any necessary steps to preserve or perfect rights against any parties or any other rights pertaining to any Collateral.  The Collateral Agent shall not have any duty to ascertain or inquire as to the 

 

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performance or observance of any covenants, conditions or agreements on the part of any Grantor or Lessee.

 

Section 5.03                             Representations or Warranties.  The Collateral Agent shall not make nor shall it be deemed to have made any representations or warranties as to the validity, legality or enforceability of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other document or instrument or as to the correctness of any statement contained in any thereof, or as to the validity or sufficiency of any of the pledge and security interests granted hereby, except that the Collateral Agent in its individual capacity hereby represents and warrants (a) that each such specified document to which it is a party has been or will be duly executed and delivered by one of its officers who is and will at such time be duly authorized to execute and deliver such document on its behalf, and (b) this Agreement is or will be the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Collateral Agent in its individual capacity, enforceable against the Collateral Agent in its individual capacity in accordance with its terms, subject to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar law affecting creditors’ rights generally.

 

Section 5.04                              Reliance; Agents; Advice of Counsel.  (a)  The Collateral Agent shall not incur any liability to anyone as a result of acting upon any signature, instrument, notice, resolution, request, consent, order, certificate, report, opinion, bond or other document or paper believed by it to be genuine and believed by it to be signed by the proper party or parties.  The Collateral Agent may accept a copy of a resolution of the board or other governing body of any party to this Agreement or any Loan Document, certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary thereof or other duly authorized Person of such party as duly adopted and in full force and effect, as conclusive evidence that such resolution has been duly adopted by said board or other governing body and that the same is in full force and effect.  As to any fact or matter the manner of ascertainment of which is not specifically described in this Agreement, the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to receive and may for all purposes hereof conclusively rely, and shall be fully protected in acting or refraining from acting, on a certificate, signed by an officer of any duly authorized Person, as to such fact or matter, and such certificate shall constitute full protection to the Collateral Agent for any action taken or omitted to be taken by them in good faith in reliance thereon.  The Collateral Agent shall assume, and shall be fully protected in assuming, that each other party to this Agreement is authorized by its constitutional documents to enter into this Agreement and to take all action permitted to be taken by it pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, and shall not inquire into the authorization of such party with respect thereto.

 

(a)                                 The Collateral Agent may execute any of its powers hereunder or perform any duties under this Agreement either directly or by or through agents, including financial advisors, or attorneys or a custodian or nominee, provided, however, that the appointment of any agent shall not relieve the Collateral Agent of its responsibilities or liabilities hereunder.

 

(b)                                 The Collateral Agent may consult with counsel and any opinion of counsel or any advice of such counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or suffered or omitted by it under this Agreement in good faith and in accordance with such advice or opinion of counsel.

 

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(c)                                  The Collateral Agent shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Agreement, or to institute, conduct or defend any litigation under this Agreement or in relation hereto, at the request, order or direction of any of the Secured Parties, pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, unless such Secured Party shall have offered to the Collateral Agent reasonable security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred therein or thereby.

 

(d)                                 The Collateral Agent shall not be required to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if there is reasonable ground for believing that the repayment of such funds or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it, and none of the provisions contained in this Agreement shall in any event require the Collateral Agent to perform, or be responsible or liable for the manner of performance of, any obligations of any Grantor under any of the Loan Documents.

 

(e)                                  If the Collateral Agent incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an exercise of remedies specified in Section 3.01, such expenses (including the fees and expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for such services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any bankruptcy law or law relating to creditors’ rights generally.

 

(f)                                   The Collateral Agent shall not be charged with knowledge of an Event of Default unless the Collateral Agent obtains actual knowledge of such event or the Collateral Agent receives written notice of such event from any of the Secured Parties.

 

(g)                                  The Collateral Agent shall not have any duty to monitor the performance of any Grantor or any other party to the Loan Documents, nor shall the Collateral Agent have any liability in connection with the malfeasance or nonfeasance by such parties.  The Collateral Agent shall not have any liability in connection with compliance by any Grantor or any Lessee under a Lease with statutory or regulatory requirements related to the Collateral, any Pool Aircraft or any Lease.  The Collateral Agent shall not make or be deemed to have made any representations or warranties with respect to the Collateral, any Pool Aircraft or any Lease or the validity or sufficiency of any assignment or other disposition of the Collateral, any Pool Aircraft or any Lease.

 

Section 5.05                             No Individual Liability.  The Collateral Agent shall not have any individual liability in respect of all or any part of the Secured Obligations, and all shall look, subject to the lien and priorities of payment provided herein and in the Loan Documents, only to the property of the Grantors (to the extent provided in the Loan Documents) for payment or satisfaction of the Secured Obligations pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

 

ARTICLE VI
 SUCCESSOR COLLATERAL AGENT

 

Section 6.01                              Resignation and Removal of the Collateral Agent.  The Collateral Agent may resign at any time without cause by giving at least 30 days’ prior written notice to the

 

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Borrower and the Lenders.  The Required Lenders may at any time remove the Collateral Agent without cause by an instrument in writing delivered to the Borrower, the Lenders and the Collateral Agent.  No resignation by or removal of the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Section 6.01 shall become effective prior to the date of appointment by the Required Lenders of a successor Collateral Agent and the acceptance of such appointment by such successor Collateral Agent.

 

Section 6.02                             Appointment of Successor.  (a)  In the case of the resignation or removal of the Collateral Agent, the Required Lenders shall promptly appoint a successor Collateral Agent.  So long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, any such successor Collateral Agent shall as a condition to its appointment be reasonably acceptable to the Borrower.  If a successor Collateral Agent shall not have been appointed and accepted its appointment hereunder within 60 days after the Collateral Agent gives notice of resignation, the retiring Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Collateral Agent.  Any successor Collateral Agent so appointed by such court shall immediately and without further act be superseded by any successor Collateral Agent appointed as provided in the first sentence of this paragraph within one year from the date of the appointment by such court.

 

(a)                                 Any successor Collateral Agent shall execute and deliver to the relevant Secured Parties an instrument accepting such appointment.  Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Collateral Agent hereunder, a successor Collateral Agent, upon the execution and filing or recording of such financing statements, or amendments thereto, and such amendments or supplements to this Agreement, and, subject to the Express Perfection Requirements, such other instruments or notices, as may be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent may request in order to continue the perfection (if any) of the Liens granted or purported to be granted hereby, shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, discretion, privileges and duties of the retiring Collateral Agent, and the retiring Collateral Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.  The retiring Collateral Agent shall take all steps necessary to transfer all Collateral in its possession and all its control over the Collateral to the successor Collateral Agent.  All actions under this paragraph (b) shall be at the expense of the Borrower; provided that if a successor Collateral Agent has been appointed as a result of the circumstances described in Section 6.02(d), any actions under this paragraph (b) as relating to such appointment shall be at the expense of the successor Collateral Agent.

 

(b)                                 The Collateral Agent shall be an Eligible Institution, if there be such an institution willing, able and legally qualified to perform the duties of the Collateral Agent hereunder and, unless such institution is an Affiliate of a Secured Party or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, reasonably acceptable to the Borrower.

 

(c)                                  Any corporation or other entity into which the Collateral Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation or other entity resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Collateral Agent shall be a party, or any corporation or other entity to which substantially all the business of the Collateral Agent may be transferred, shall be the Collateral Agent under this Agreement without further act.

 

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ARTICLE VII
 INDEMNITY AND EXPENSES

 

Section 7.01                              Indemnity.  (a)  Each of the Grantors shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Collateral Agent (and its officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents) from and against, any loss, liability or expense (including reasonable legal fees and expenses) incurred by it without negligence or bad faith on its part in connection with the acceptance or administration of this Agreement and its duties hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability and of complying with any process served upon it or any of its officers in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder.  The Collateral Agent (i) must provide reasonably prompt notice to the applicable Grantor of any claim for which indemnification is sought, provided that the failure to provide notice shall only limit the indemnification provided hereby to the extent of any incremental expense or actual prejudice as a result of such failure; and (ii) must not make any admissions of liability or incur any significant expenses after receiving actual notice of the claim or agree to any settlement without the written consent of the applicable Grantor, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.  No Grantor shall be required to reimburse any expense or indemnity against any loss or liability incurred by the Collateral Agent through negligence or bad faith.

 

Each Grantor, as applicable, may, in its sole discretion, and at its expense, control the defense of the claim including, without limitation, designating counsel for the Collateral Agent and controlling all negotiations, litigation, arbitration, settlements, compromises and appeals of any claim; provided that (i) the applicable Grantor may not agree to any settlement involving any indemnified person that contains any element other than the payment of money and complete indemnification of the indemnified person without the prior written consent of the affected indemnified person, (ii) the applicable Grantor shall engage and pay the expenses of separate counsel for the indemnified person to the extent that the interests of the Collateral Agent are in conflict with those of such Grantor and (iii) the indemnified person shall have the right to approve the counsel designated by such Grantor which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

 

(a)                                 Each Grantor shall within ten (10) Business Days after demand pay to the Collateral Agent the amount of any and all reasonable expenses, including the reasonable fees and expenses of its counsel and of any experts and agents, that the Collateral Agent may incur in connection with (i) the administration of this Agreement (in accordance with fee arrangements agreed between the Collateral Agent and ILFC), (ii) the custody, preservation, use or operation of, or the sale of, collection from or other realization upon, any of the Collateral, (iii) the exercise or enforcement of any of the rights of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party against such Grantor hereunder or (iv) the failure by any Grantor to perform or observe any of the provisions hereof.

 

Section 7.02                             Secured Parties’ Indemnity.  (a)  The Collateral Agent shall be entitled to be indemnified (subject to the limitations and requirements described in Section 7.01 mutatis  mutandis) by the Lenders to the sole satisfaction of the Collateral Agent before proceeding to exercise any right or power under this Agreement at the request or direction of the Administrative Agent, provided that such indemnity by the Lenders shall not be required to the 

 

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extent the Collateral Agent is indemnified with respect to such exercise by the Grantors and no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

(a)                                 In order to recover under clause (a) above, the Collateral Agent: (i) must provide reasonably prompt notice to the Administrative Agent of any claim for which indemnification is sought, provided that the failure to provide notice shall only limit the indemnification provided hereby to the extent of any incremental expense or actual prejudice as a result of such failure; and (ii) must not make any admissions of liability or incur any significant expenses after receiving actual notice of the claim or agree to any settlement without the written consent of the Administrative Agent which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

 

(b)                                 The Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, and at its expense, control the defense of the claim including, without limitation, designating counsel for the Collateral Agent and controlling all negotiations, litigation, arbitration, settlements, compromises and appeals of any claim; provided that (i) the Administrative Agent may not agree to any settlement involving any indemnified person that contains any element other than the payment of money and complete indemnification of the indemnified person without the prior written consent of the affected indemnified person, (ii) the Administrative Agent shall engage and pay the expenses of separate counsel for the indemnified person to the extent that the interests of the Collateral Agent are in conflict with those of the Administrative Agent and (iii) the indemnified person shall have the right to approve the counsel designated by the Administrative Agent which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

 

(c)                                  The provisions of Section 7.01 and this Section 7.02 shall survive the termination of this Agreement or the earlier resignation or removal of the Collateral Agent.

 

Section 7.03                             No Compensation from Secured Parties.  The Collateral Agent agrees that it shall have no right against the Secured Parties for any fee as compensation for its services in such capacity.

 

Section 7.04                             Collateral Agent Fees.  In consideration of the Collateral Agent’s performance of the services provided for under this Agreement, the Grantors shall pay to the Collateral Agent an annual fee set forth under a separate agreement between the Borrower and the Collateral Agent and shall reimburse the Collateral Agent for expenses incurred including those associated with the International Registry.

 

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ARTICLE VIII
 MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 8.01                             Amendments; Waivers; Etc.  (a)  No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, and no consent to any departure by any party from the provisions of this Agreement, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Collateral Agent and each party hereto.  No failure on the part of the Collateral Agent to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right.  The Collateral Agent may, but shall have no obligation to, execute and deliver any amendment or modification which would affect its duties, powers, rights, immunities or indemnities hereunder.

 

(a)                                 Upon the execution and delivery by any Person of a Grantor Supplement, (i) such Person shall be referred to as an “Additional Grantor” and shall be and become a Grantor hereunder, and each reference in this Agreement to “Grantor” shall also mean and be a reference to such Additional Grantor, (ii) Annexes I, II, III and IV attached to each Grantor Supplement shall be incorporated into, become a part of and supplement Schedules I, II, III and IV, respectively, and the Collateral Agent may attach such Annexes as supplements to such Schedules; and each reference to such Schedules shall be a reference to such Schedules as so supplemented and (iii) such Additional Grantor shall be a Grantor for all purposes under this Agreement and shall be bound by the obligations of the Grantors hereunder.

 

(b)                                 Upon the execution and delivery by a Grantor of a Collateral Supplement, Annexes I and II to such Collateral Supplement shall be incorporated into, become a part of and supplement Schedules I and II, respectively, and the Collateral Agent may attach such Annexes as supplements to such Schedules; and each reference to such Schedules shall be a reference to such Schedules as so supplemented.

 

Section 8.02                             Addresses for Notices; Delivery of Documents.  (a)  Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone, all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopier or electronic mail as follows, and all notices and other communications expressly permitted hereunder to be given by telephone shall be made to the applicable telephone number, as follows:

 

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For   each Grantor:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
International   Lease Finance Corporation
    
	
 
    	
10250 Constellation Blvd.
    
	
 
    	
Suite 3400
    
	
 
    	
Los Angeles, CA 90067
    
	
 
    	
Attention:   Treasurer with a copy to the General Counsel
    
	
 
    	
Facsimile:   (310) 788-1990
    
	
 
    	
Telephone:   (310) 788-1999
    
	
 
    	
Electronic   mail: legalnotices@ilfc.com
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
For   the Collateral Agent:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Bank of America, N.A.
    
	
 
    	
1455 Market Street, 5th Floor
    
	
 
    	
CA5-701-05-19
    
	
 
    	
San Francisco, CA 94103
    
	
 
    	
Attention: Robert Rittelmeyer
    
	
 
    	
Facsimile No. (415) 503-5099
    
	
 
    	
Electronic   mail: robert.j.rittelmeyer@baml.com
    

 

or, as to each party, at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to each other party complying as to delivery with the terms of this Section 8.02.  Notices and other communications sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices and other communications sent by telecopier or electronic mail shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient).

 

(b)                                 All documents required to be delivered to the Collateral Agent shall be delivered in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.09(c) of the Credit Agreement.

 

Section 8.03                             Remedies.  The remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.

 

Section 8.04                             Severability.  If any provision of this Agreement shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof shall not in any way be affected or impaired.

 

Section 8.05                              Continuing Security Interest.  Subject to Section 8.06, this Agreement shall create a continuing security interest in the Collateral and shall (a) remain in full force and effect until the earlier of the payment in full in cash of the Secured Obligations then outstanding to the Secured Parties, (b) be binding upon each Grantor, its successors and assigns and (c) inure, together with the rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent hereunder, to the benefit of the Secured Parties and their respective successors, permitted transferees and permitted assigns.

 

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Section 8.06                             Release and Termination.  (a)  Upon any sale, transfer or other disposition or removal from the Designated Pool of any Pool Aircraft (or Owner Subsidiary or Intermediate Lessee) or other item of Collateral in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents, including the Pledged Equity Interest in each Owner Subsidiary or Intermediate Lessee that owns or leases such Pool Aircraft, or if applicable, Irish Subsidiary Holdco or CA Subsidiary Holdco (in each case, upon a removal of such Transaction Party in accordance with Sections 2.10 or 5.04 of the Credit Agreement), such Collateral will be deemed released from the Lien hereof (and related guarantees will be deemed released in accordance with Section 7.11 of the Credit Agreement), and the Collateral Agent will, at the relevant Grantor’s expense, execute and deliver to the Grantor of such item of Collateral such documents as such Grantor shall reasonably request and provide to the Collateral Agent to evidence the release of such item of Collateral from the assignment and security interest granted hereby and to evidence the release of any related guaranty, and to the extent that (A) the Collateral Agent’s consent is required for any deregistration of the interests in such released Collateral from the International Registry or any other registry or (B) the Collateral Agent is required to initiate any such deregistration, the Collateral Agent shall ensure that such consent or such initiation of such deregistration is effected.

 

Any amounts released from the Collateral Account by the Collateral Agent in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents shall be deemed released from the Lien hereof.

 

(a)                                 Upon the payment in full in cash of the Secured Obligations then outstanding, the pledge, assignment and security interest granted by Section 2.01 hereof shall terminate, the Collateral Agent shall cease to be a party to this agreement, and all provisions of this Agreement (except for this Section 8.06(b)) relating to the Secured Obligations, the Secured Parties or the Collateral Agent shall cease to be of any effect insofar as they relate to the Secured Obligations, the Secured Parties or the Collateral Agent.  Upon any such termination, the Collateral Agent will, at the relevant Grantor’s expense, execute and deliver to each relevant Grantor such documents as such Grantor shall prepare and reasonably request to evidence such termination.

 

(b)                                 If, prior to the termination of this Agreement, the Collateral Agent ceases to be the Collateral Agent in accordance with the definition of “Collateral Agent” in Section 1.01, all certificates, instruments or other documents being held by the Collateral Agent at such time shall, within five (5) Business Days from the date on which it ceases to be the Collateral Agent, be delivered to the successor Collateral Agent.

 

Section 8.07                             Currency Conversion.  If any amount is received or recovered by the Collateral Agent in a currency (the “Received Currency”) other than the currency in which such amount was expressed to be payable (the “Agreed Currency”), then the amount in the Received Currency actually received or recovered by the Collateral Agent, to the extent permitted by law, shall only constitute a discharge of the relevant Grantor to the extent of the amount of the Agreed Currency which the Collateral Agent was or would have been able in accordance with its or his normal procedures to purchase on the date of actual receipt or recovery (or, if that is not practicable, on the next date on which it is so practicable), and, if the amount of the Agreed Currency which the Collateral Agent is or would have been so able to purchase is 

 

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less than the amount of the Agreed Currency which was originally payable by the relevant Grantor, such Grantor shall pay to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties such amount as it shall determine to be necessary to indemnify the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties against any loss sustained by it as a result (including the cost of making any such purchase and any premiums, commissions or other charges paid or incurred in connection therewith) and so that, to the extent permitted by law, (i) such indemnity shall constitute a separate and independent obligation of each Grantor distinct from its obligation to discharge the amount which was originally payable by such Grantor and (ii) shall give rise to a separate and independent cause of action and apply irrespective of any indulgence granted by the Collateral Agent and continue in full force and effect notwithstanding any judgment, order, claim or proof for a liquidated amount in respect of the amount originally payable by any Grantor or any judgment or order and no proof or evidence of any actual loss shall be required.

 

Section 8.08                             Governing Law.  THIS AGREEMENT IS BEING DELIVERED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

Section 8.09                             Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process.  (a)  To the extent permitted by applicable law, each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of any New York State court or federal court of the United States of America sitting in New York County, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such federal court.  Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.  Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any right that any Secured Party may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents against any Borrower Party or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.

 

(a)                                 Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents in any New York State or federal court described above.  Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.

 

(b)                                 Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 8.02.  Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

 

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contract.  This Agreement and the other Loan Documents constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof.  This Agreement (i) will become effective when the Collateral Agent shall have received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto and (ii) thereafter will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy or electronic mail will be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

 

Section 8.11                             Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.  The Table of Contents and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Agreement have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part hereof and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms and provisions hereof.

 

Section 8.12                             Non-Invasive Provisions.  (a)  Notwithstanding any other provision of the Loan Documents, the Collateral Agent (for and on behalf of itself and the Secured Parties) agrees that, so long as no Enforcement Event shall have occurred and be continuing, not to take any action or cause to be taken any action, or permit any Person claiming by, through or on behalf of it to take any action or cause any action, that would interfere with the possession, use, operation and quiet enjoyment of and other rights with respect to any Pool Aircraft or Collateral related thereto and all rents, revenues, profits and income therefrom, including, the right to enforce manufacturers’ warranties, the right to apply or obtain insurance proceeds for damage to the Pool Aircraft to the repair or replacement of the Pool Aircraft or otherwise to the extent not required to be deposited as Account Collateral under the Loan Documents and the right to engage in pooling, leasing and similar actions, in each case in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or the other applicable Loan Documents.

 

(a)                                 Notwithstanding any other provision of the Loan Documents, the Collateral Agent agrees (for and on behalf of itself and the Secured Parties) that, so long as no “Event of Default” (or similar term) under a Lease (as defined in such Lease) shall have occurred and be continuing and as otherwise provided in any Lease, not to take any action or cause to be taken any action, or permit any person claiming by, through or on behalf of it to take any action or cause any action, that would interfere with the possession, use, operation and quiet enjoyment of and other rights of the Lessee with respect to any Pool Aircraft or Collateral related thereto and all rents, revenues, profits and income therefrom, including, the right to enforce manufacturers’ warranties, the right to apply or obtain insurance proceeds for damage to the Pool Aircraft to the repair of the Pool Aircraft or otherwise as provided in such Lease and the right to engage in pooling, leasing and similar actions, in each case in accordance with the terms of such Lease.

 

(b)                                 For the avoidance of doubt, the Collateral Agent (for and on behalf of itself and the Secured Parties) agrees that a Transaction Party may from time to time lease out an engine that is part of a Pool Aircraft or lease in an engine that is not part of a Pool Aircraft as it determines in accordance with Leasing Company Practice.

 

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Section 8.13                             Limited Recourse.  (a)  In the event that the direct or indirect assets of the Grantors are insufficient, after payment of all other claims, if any, ranking in priority to the claims of the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party hereunder, to pay in full such claims of the Collateral Agent or such Secured Party (as the case may be), then the Collateral Agent or the Secured Party shall have no further claim against the Grantors (other than the Borrower) in respect of any such unpaid amounts; provided that the foregoing limitation on recourse shall in no way limit the right of any Secured Party to enforce the obligations of ILFC set forth in Article 7 of the Credit Agreement.

 

(a)                                 To the extent permitted by applicable law, no recourse under any obligation, covenant or agreement of any party contained in this Agreement shall be had against any equityholder (not including any Grantor as an equityholder of any Pledged Equity Party hereunder), officer or director of the relevant party as such, by the enforcement of any assessment or by any proceeding, by virtue of any statute or otherwise; it being expressly agreed and understood that this Agreement is a corporate obligation of the relevant party and no personal liability shall attach to or be incurred by the equityholders (not including any Grantor as an equityholder of any other Grantor hereunder), officers or directors of the relevant party as such, or any of them under or by reason of any of the obligations, covenants or agreements of such relevant party contained in this Agreement, or implied therefrom, and that any and all personal liability for breaches by such party of any of such obligations, covenants or agreements, either at law or at equity or by statute or constitution, of every such equityholder (not including any Grantor as an equityholder of any Pledged Equity Party hereunder), officer or director is hereby expressly waived by the other parties as a condition of and consideration for the execution of this Agreement.

 

(b)                                 The guarantees, obligations, liabilities and undertakings granted by any Pledged Equity Party organized under the laws of France under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall, for each relevant financial year, be, in any and all cases, strictly limited to 90% of the annual net margin generated by such Pledged Equity Party or Pledged Equity Parties in connection with back-to-back leasing activities between it and any other Pledged Equity Party with respect to the lease of Pool Aircraft.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by its representative or officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above written.

 

	
 
    	
DELOS   AIRCRAFT INC.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/   Pamela S. Hendry
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:   Pamela S. Hendry
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:   Treasurer
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
INTERNATIONAL   LEASE FINANCE CORPORATION
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/   Pamela S. Hendry
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:   Pamela S. Hendry
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:   Senior Vice President & Treasurer 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
HYPERION   AIRCRAFT INC.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/   Pamela S. Hendry
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:   Pamela S. Hendry
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:   Treasurer
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
APOLLO   AIRCRAFT INC.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/   Pamela S. Hendry
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:   Pamela S. Hendry
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:   Treasurer
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
SIGNED   and DELIVERED as a DEED for and on behalf of ARTEMIS (DELOS) LIMITED by its   duly authorized attorney 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
/s/   Niall C. Sommerville 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
in   the presence of 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
/s/   Sarah Caprani 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Name:   Sarah Caprani 
    
	
 
    	
Address:
    	
30   North Wall Quay
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Dublin   1, Ireland
    
	
 
    	
Occupation:   Trainee Solicitor 
    
							

 

Signature Page — Term Loan
 Security Agreement

 

 

	
 
    	
BANK   OF AMERICA, N.A. not in its individual capacity but solely as the Collateral   Agent
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/   Robert Rittelmeyer 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:   Robert Rittelmeyer 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:   Vice President 
    

 

Signature Page — Term Loan
 Security Agreement

 

 

SCHEDULE I

SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

AIRCRAFT OBJECTS

 

	
 
    	
 
    	
Airframe Manufacturer   and Model
    	
 
    	
Airframe MSN
    	
 
    	
Engine Manufacturer   and
    Engine Model
    
	
1
    	
 
    	
None
    	
 
    	
N/A
    	
 
    	
N/A
    

 

Schedule I-1

 

SCHEDULE II

SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

PLEDGED EQUITY INTERESTS

 

PLEDGED STOCK

 

	
Pledged Equity
   Party
    	
 
    	
Par Value
    	
 
    	
Certificate No(s).
    	
 
    	
Number of
   Shares
    	
 
    	
Percentage of
   Outstanding
   Shares
    	
 
    
	
DELOS AIRCRAFT INC.
    	
 
    	
N/A
    	
 
    	
1
    	
 
    	
100
    	
 
    	
100
    	
%
    
	
APOLLO AIRCRAFT INC.
    	
 
    	
N/A
    	
 
    	
1
    	
 
    	
100
    	
 
    	
100
    	
%
    
	
ARTEMIS (DELOS) LIMITED
    	
 
    	
N/A
    	
 
    	
1
    	
 
    	
2
    	
 
    	
100
    	
%
    

 

PLEDGED BENEFICIAL INTERESTS

 

	
Pledged Equity Party
    	
 
    	
Certificate No./Date
    	
 
    	
Percentage of
   Beneficial Interest
    	
 
    
	
N/A
    	
 
    	
N/A
    	
 
    	
N/A
    	
 
    

 

PLEDGED MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS

 

	
Pledged Equity Party
    	
 
    	
Certificate No.
    	
 
    	
Percentage of
   Membership Interest
    	
 
    
	
N/A
    	
 
    	
N/A
    	
 
    	
N/A
    	
 
    

 

PLEDGED DEBT

 

	
Intercompany Lender
    	
 
    	
Intercompany Borrower
    	
 
    	
Description of Instrument of
   Pledged Debt
    	
 
    
	
N/A
    	
 
    	
N/A
    	
 
    	
N/A
    	
 
    

 

Schedule II-1

 

SCHEDULE III

SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

TRADE NAMES

 

	
1.
    	
 
    	
Grantor:   Hyperion Aircraft Inc.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Trade   Name: Hyperion Aircraft Inc.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
2.
    	
 
    	
Grantor: Delos Aircraft Inc.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Trade Name: Delos Aircraft Inc.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
3.
    	
 
    	
Grantor: Artemis (Delos) Limited
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Trade   Name: Artemis (Delos) Limited
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
4.
    	
 
    	
Grantor:   Apollo Aircraft Inc.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Trade   Name: Apollo Aircraft Inc.
    

 

Schedule III-1

 

SCHEDULE IV

SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

CHIEF PLACE OF BUSINESS AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OR REGISTERED OFFICE

 

	
Name of Grantor
    	
 
    	
Chief Executive Office, Chief Place of
   Business or Registered Office
   and Organizational ID (if applicable)
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Hyperion   Aircraft Inc.
    	
 
    	
10250 Constellation Blvd. Suite 3400 Los   Angeles, CA 90067 Facsimile: (310) 788-1990 Telephone: (310)   788-1999 Organizational ID: C3278477
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Delos   Aircraft Inc.
    	
 
    	
10250 Constellation Blvd. Suite 3400 Los   Angeles, CA 90067 Facsimile: (310) 788-1990 Telephone: (310)   788-1999 Organizational ID: C3278513
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Apollo   Aircraft Inc.
    	
 
    	
10250 Constellation Blvd. Suite 3400 Los   Angeles, CA 90067 Facsimile: (310) 788-1990 Telephone: (310)   788-1999 Organizational ID: C3278478
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Artemis   (Delos) Limited
    	
 
    	
30   North Wall Quay Dublin 1, Ireland Facsimile: 353-1-672-0270 Telephone:   353-1-802-8901 Organizational ID: 482230
    

 

Schedule IV-1

 

SCHEDULE V

SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

INSURANCE

 

1.                          Obligation to Insure

 

So long as this Agreement shall remain in effect, the Grantors will ensure that there is effected and maintained appropriate insurances, maintained with insurers or reinsured with reinsurers of recognized responsibility or pursuant to governmental indemnities, in respect of each Pool Aircraft and the Collateral Agent and the Administrative Agent and its operation including insurance for:

 

(a)                       loss or damage to each Pool Aircraft and each part thereof; and

 

(b)                       any liability for injury to or death of persons and damage to or the destruction of public or private property arising out of or in connection with the operation, storage, maintenance or use of (in each case to the extent available) the Pool Aircraft and of any other part thereof not belonging to the Grantors but from time to time installed on the airframe.

 

2.                          Specific Insurances

 

The Grantors will maintain or will cause to be maintained the following specific insurances with respect to each Pool Aircraft (subject to paragraph 3):

 

(a)                       All Risks Hull Insurance - All risks hull insurance policy on the Pool Aircraft in an amount at least equal to 110% of the outstanding principal of the Loans allocable to such Pool Aircraft, calculated based on the most recent appraised value (the “Required Insured Value”) on an agreed value basis and naming the Collateral Agent (for and on behalf of itself and the Secured Parties) as a loss payee for the Required Insured Value (provided, however, that, if the applicable insurance program uses AVN67B or a successor London market endorsement similar thereto, the Grantor shall procure that the Collateral Agent is named as a “Contract Party” in respect of such hull insurance and shall ensure that the Collateral Agent is also named as such a “Contract Party” in respect of any new Lease entered into);

 

(b)                       Hull War Risk Insurance - Hull war risk and allied perils insurance, including hijacking, (excluding, however, confiscation by government of registry or country of domicile to the extent coverage of such risk is not generally available to the applicable Lessee in the relevant insurance market at a commercially reasonable cost or is not customarily obtained by operators in such jurisdiction at such time in accordance with Leasing Company Practice) on the Pool Aircraft where the custom in the industry is to carry war risk for aircraft operating on routes or kept in locations similar to the Pool Aircraft in an amount not less than the Required Insured Value on an agreed value basis and naming the Collateral Agent (for and on behalf of itself and the Secured Parties) as a loss payee for the Required Insured Value (provided, however, that, if the applicable insurance program uses AVN67B or a successor 

 

Schedule V-1

 

London market endorsement similar thereto, the Grantors shall procure that the Collateral Agent is named as a “Contract Party” in respect of such insurance and shall ensure that the Collateral Agent is also named as such a “Contract Party” in respect of any new Lease entered into);

 

(c)                        Legal Liability Insurance - Third party legal liability insurance (including war and allied perils) for a combined single limit (bodily injured and property damage) of not less than $500,000,000 for a Narrowbody Aircraft, and not less than $750,000,000 for Widebody Aircraft.  The Collateral Agent and the Administrative Agent (for and on behalf of themselves and the Secured Parties) shall be named as additional insureds on such policies; provided that if the applicable insurance program uses AVN 67B or a successor London market endorsement similar thereto, the Grantors shall procure that the Collateral Agent and the Administrative Agent are named as “Contract Parties” in respect of such insurance and the Grantors shall ensure that the Collateral Agent and the Administrative Agent are also named as such a “Contract Party” in respect of any new Lease.

 

(d)                       Aircraft Spares Insurance - Insurance for the engines and the parts while not installed on the airframe for their replacement cost or an agreed value basis.

 

Proceeds of insurance paid to the Collateral Agent shall be disbursed to the Borrower unless an Enforcement Event has occurred and is continuing, in which case such proceeds will be held in the Collateral Account until applied as provided in the Credit Agreement or herein; provided, however, that if, pursuant to a Lease, such insurance proceeds are payable to a Lessee, such insurance proceeds shall in all circumstances be paid to such Lessee in accordance with such Lease.

 

3.                          Variations on Specific Insurance Requirements

 

In certain circumstances, it is customary that not all of the insurances described in paragraph 2 be carried for the Pool Aircraft.  For example, when a Pool Aircraft is not on lease to a passenger air carrier or is in storage or is being repaired or maintained, ferry or ground rather than passenger flight coverage for the Pool Aircraft are applicable.  Similarly, indemnities may be provided by a Governmental Authority in lieu of particular insurances; provided, however, that the Grantors shall not, without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent, be entitled to accept any new such governmental indemnities other than when such indemnities are granted by a Governmental Authority of a country or jurisdiction that is not a Prohibited Country.  The relevant Grantor will determine the necessary coverage for the Pool Aircraft in such situations consistent with Leasing Company Practice with respect to similar aircraft.

 

4.                          Hull Insurances in Excess of Required Insurance Value

 

For the avoidance of doubt, any Grantor and/or any Lessee may carry hull risks and hull war and allied perils insurance on the Pool Aircraft in excess of the Required Insured Value which (subject in the case of the Grantors with respect to the insurance not required to be carried by the Lessee under the Lease to no Enforcement Event having occurred and 

 

Schedule V-2

 

being continuing) will not be payable to the Collateral Agent.  Such excess insurance proceeds, if paid under the insurances required to be carried by the Lessee under the Lease, will be payable to (i) if payable to the Grantors, to the relevant Grantor, unless an Enforcement Event has occurred and is continuing in which case the excess shall be payable to the Collateral Agent or (ii) if payable to the Lessee to the Lessee in all circumstances.

 

5.                          Currency

 

All insurance and reinsurances effected pursuant to this Schedule V shall be payable in Dollars, save that in the case of the insurances referred to in paragraph 2(c) (if such denomination is (a) required by the law of the state of registration of the Pool Aircraft; or (b) the normal practice of airlines in the relevant country that operate aircraft leased from lessors located outside such country; or (c) otherwise accepted in accordance with Leasing Company Practice) or paragraph 2(d).

 

6.                          Specific Terms of Insurances

 

Insurance policies which are underwritten in the London and/or other non-US insurance market and which pertain to financed or leased aircraft equipment contain the coverage and endorsements described in AVN67B or a successor London market endorsement as it may be amended or revised or its equivalent.  Each of the Grantors agrees that, so long as this Agreement shall remain in effect, the Pool Aircraft will be insured and the applicable insurance policies endorsed either (i) in a manner consistent with AVN67B or a successor London market endorsement, as it may be amended or revised or its equivalent or (ii) as may then be customary in the airline industry for aircraft of the same type as the Pool Aircraft utilised by operators in the same country and whose operational network for such Pool Aircraft and credit status is similar to the type of business as the Lessee (if any) and at the time commonly available in the insurance market.  In all cases, the relevant Grantor will set the standards, review and manage the insurances on the Pool Aircraft consistent with Leasing Company Practice with respect to similar aircraft.

 

7.                          Insurance Brokers and Insurers

 

In reviewing and accepting the insurance brokers (if any) and reinsurance brokers (if any) and insurers and reinsurers (if any) providing coverage with respect to the Pool Aircraft, the relevant Grantor will utilize standards consistent with Leasing Company Practice with respect to similar aircraft.  It is recognized that airlines in certain countries are required to utilize brokers (and sometimes even no brokers) or carry insurance with local insurance brokers and insurers.  If at any time any Pool Aircraft is not subject to a Lease, the relevant Grantor will cause its insurance brokers to provide the Collateral Agent with evidence that the insurances described in this Schedule V are in full force and effect.

 

8.                          Deductible Amounts, Self-Insurance and Reinsurance

 

With respect to the type of aircraft concerned, the nationality and creditworthiness of the airline operator, the airline operator’s use and operation thereof and to the scope of and the amount covered by the insurances carried by the Lessee, the relevant Grantor will apply 

 

Schedule V-3

 

standards consistent with Leasing Company Practice with respect to similar aircraft in reviewing and accepting the amount of any insurance deductibles, whether the Lessee may self-insure any of the risks covered by the insurances and the scope and terms of reinsurance, if any, including a cut-through and assignment clause.

 

9.                          Renewals

 

The Grantors will monitor the insurances on the Pool Aircraft and their expiration dates.  The relevant Grantor shall, when requested by the Collateral Agent, promptly inform the Collateral Agent as to whether or not it has been advised that renewal instructions for any of the insurances have been given by the airline operator or its broker prior to or on the scheduled expiry date of the relevant insurance.  The relevant Grantor shall promptly notify the Collateral Agent in writing if it receives notice that any of the insurances have in fact expired without renewal.  Promptly after receipt, the relevant Grantor will provide to the Collateral Agent evidence of renewal of the insurances and reinsurance (if any).

 

10.                   Information

 

Subject to applicable confidentiality restrictions, each of the Grantors shall provide the Collateral Agent or shall ensure that the Collateral Agent is provided with any information reasonably requested by it from time to time concerning the insurances maintained with respect to the Pool Aircraft or, if reasonably available to the Grantors, in connection with any claim being made or proposed to be made thereunder.

 

Schedule V-4

 

EXHIBIT A-1

SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

FORM OF COLLATERAL SUPPLEMENT

 

Bank of America, N.A., as the Collateral Agent

1455 Market Street, 5th Floor

CA5-701-05-19

San Francisco, CA 94103

Attention: Robert Rittelmeyer

Facsimile No. (415) 503-5099

 

	
 
    	
[Date]
    

 

Re:  Term Loan Security Agreement, dated as of April 12, 2012

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Reference is made to the Term Loan Security Agreement, dated as of April 12, 2012 (as amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Security Agreement”), among Hyperion Aircraft Inc., a California corporation (“Parent Holdco”), Delos Aircraft Inc., a California corporation (the “Borrower”), Artemis (Delos) Limited, a private limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Ireland (the “Irish Subsidiary Holdco”), Apollo Aircraft Inc., a California corporation (the “CA Subsidiary Holdco”), and the ADDITIONAL GRANTORS who from time to time become grantors under the Security Agreement (together with Parent Holdco, the Borrower, the Irish Subsidiary Holdco and the CA Subsidiary Holdco, the “Grantors”), and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., a national banking association, as the collateral agent (in such capacity, and together with any permitted successor or assign thereto or any permitted replacement thereof, the “Collateral Agent”).  Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Security Agreement.

 

The undersigned hereby delivers, as of the date first above written, the attached Annexes I and II pursuant to Section 2.15 of the Security Agreement.

 

The undersigned Grantor hereby confirms that the property included in the attached Annex II constitutes part of the Collateral and hereby makes each representation and warranty set forth in Section 2.03 of the Security Agreement (as supplemented by the attached Annexes).

 

Attached are duly completed copies of Annexes I and II hereto.

 

Exhibit A-1-1

 

This Collateral Supplement is delivered in and shall in all respects be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, including all matters of construction, validity and performance.

 

	
Very   truly yours,
    
	
 
    
	
[                                  ]
    
	
 
    
	
By:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    
	
 
    
	
Acknowledged   and agreed to as of the date first above written:
    
	
 
    
	
 
    
	
BANK   OF AMERICA, N.A.,
    
	
not   in its individual capacity, but
    
	
solely   as the Collateral Agent
    
	
 
    
	
 
    
	
By:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    

 

Collateral Supplement Signature Page

 

 

ANNEX I

COLLATERAL SUPPLEMENT

 

AIRCRAFT OBJECTS

 

	
Airframe MSN
    	
 
    	
Airframe Manufacturer
   and Model
    	
 
    	
Engine MSNs
    	
 
    	
Engine Manufacturer and
   Model
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

Annex I-1

 

ANNEX II

COLLATERAL SUPPLEMENT

 

PLEDGED EQUITY INTERESTS

 

PLEDGED BENEFICIAL INTERESTS

 

	
Pledged Equity Party
    	
 
    	
Certificate No.
    	
 
    	
Percentage of
   Beneficial Interest
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

PLEDGED MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS

 

	
Pledged Equity Party
    	
 
    	
Certificate No.
    	
 
    	
Percentage of
   Membership Interest
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

PLEDGED STOCK

 

	
Pledged Equity Party
    	
 
    	
Certificate No.
    	
 
    	
Percentage Stock
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

PLEDGED DEBT

 

	
Intercompany Lender
    	
 
    	
Intercompany Borrower
    	
 
    	
Description of Instrument of
   Pledged Debt
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

Annex II-1

 

EXHIBIT A-2

SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

FORM OF GRANTOR SUPPLEMENT

 

Bank of America, N.A., as the Collateral Agent

1455 Market Street, 5th Floor

CA5-701-05-19

San Francisco, CA 94103

Attention: Robert Rittelmeyer

Facsimile No. (415) 503-5099

 

	
 
    	
[Date]
    

 

Re: Term Loan Security Agreement, dated as of April 12, 2012

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Reference is made to the Term Loan Security Agreement, dated as of April 12, 2012 (as amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Security Agreement”), among Hyperion Aircraft Inc., a California corporation (“Parent Holdco”), Delos Aircraft Inc., a California corporation (the “Borrower”), Artemis (Delos) Limited, a private limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Ireland (the “Irish Subsidiary Holdco”), Apollo Aircraft Inc., a California corporation (the “CA Subsidiary Holdco”), and the ADDITIONAL GRANTORS who from time to time become grantors under the Security Agreement (together with Parent Holdco, the Borrower, the Irish Subsidiary Holdco and the CA Subsidiary Holdco, the “Grantors”), and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., a national banking association, as the collateral agent (in such capacity, and together with any permitted successor or assign thereto or any permitted replacement thereof, the “Collateral Agent”).  Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Security Agreement.

 

The undersigned hereby agrees, as of the date first above written, to become a Grantor under the Security Agreement as if it were an original party thereto and agrees that each reference in the Security Agreement to “Grantor” shall also mean and be a reference to the undersigned.

 

Grant of Security Interest. To secure the Secured Obligations, the undersigned Grantor hereby assigns and pledges to the Collateral Agent for its benefit and the benefit of the other Secured Parties and hereby grants to the Collateral Agent for its benefit and the benefit of the other Secured Parties a first priority security interest in, all of its right, title and interest in and to the following (collectively, the “Supplementary Collateral”):

 

Exhibit A-2-1

 

(a)           all of the following:

 

(i)            the Pledged Stock and the certificates representing such Pledged Stock, and all dividends, cash, instruments and other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of the Pledged Stock;

 

(ii)           all additional shares of the capital stock of any other Pledged Equity Party from time to time acquired by such Grantor in any manner, including the capital stock of any other Pledged Equity Party that may be formed from time to time, and all certificates, if any, representing such additional shares of the capital stock and all dividends, cash, instruments and other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all such additional shares; and

 

(iii)          the Pledged Debt and all instruments evidencing the Pledged Debt, and all interest, cash, instruments and other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of the Pledged Debt;

 

(b)           all of the following:

 

(i)            the Pledged Membership Interests, all certificates, if any, from time to time representing all of such Grantor’s right, title and interest in the Pledged Membership Interests, any contracts and instruments pursuant to which any such Pledged Membership Interests are created or issued and all distributions, cash, instruments and other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of the Pledged Membership Interests; and

 

(ii)           all of such Grantor’s right, title and interest in all additional membership interests in any other Pledged Equity Party from time to time acquired by such Grantor in any manner, including the membership interests in any other Pledged Equity Party that may be formed from time to time, and all certificates, if any, from time to time representing such additional membership interests and all distributions, cash, instruments and other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all such additional membership interests;

 

(c)           all of the following:

 

(i)            the Pledged Beneficial Interest, all certificates, if any, from time to time representing all of such Grantor’s right, title and interest in the Pledged Beneficial Interest, any contracts and instruments pursuant to which any such Pledged Beneficial Interest are created or issued and all distributions, cash, instruments and other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of the Pledged Beneficial Interest; and

 

(ii)           all of such Grantor’s right, title and interest in all additional beneficial interests in any other Pledged Equity Party from time to time acquired by such 

 

Exhibit A-2-2

 

Grantor in any manner, including the beneficial interests in any other Pledged Equity Party that may be formed from time to time, the trust agreements and any other contracts and instruments pursuant to which any such Pledged Equity Party is created or issued, and all certificates, if any, from time to time representing such additional beneficial interests and all distributions, cash, instruments and other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all such additional beneficial interests;

 

(d)           all other “investment property” (as defined in Section 9-102(a)(49) of the UCC) of such Grantor including written notification of all interest, dividends, instruments and other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of the then existing Investment Collateral, but excluding any loans or advances made, or dividends, contributions or distributions or other amounts paid, by any Pledged Equity Party to any Transaction Party;

 

(e)           with respect to each Grantor, all right of such Grantor in and to the Collateral Account and all funds, cash, investment property, investments, securities, instruments or other property (including all “financial assets” within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the UCC) at any time or from time to time credited to any such account; and

 

(f)            all proceeds of any and all of the foregoing Collateral (including proceeds that constitute property of the types described in subsections (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) above.

 

The undersigned Grantor hereby makes each representation and warranty set forth in Section 2.03 of the Security Agreement (as supplemented by the attached Annexes) and hereby agrees to be bound as a Grantor by all of the terms and provisions of the Security Agreement.  Each reference in the Security Agreement to the Security Collateral, the Membership Interest Collateral, the Beneficial Interest Collateral, the Investment Collateral and the Account Collateral shall be construed to include a reference to the corresponding Collateral hereunder.

 

The undersigned hereby agrees, together with the other Grantors, jointly and severally to indemnify the Collateral Agent and its officers, directors, employees and agents in the manner set forth in Section 8.01 of the Security Agreement.

 

Attached are duly completed copies of Annexes I, II, III and IV hereto.

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 

Exhibit A-2-3

 

This Grantor Supplement is delivered in the State of New York and shall in all respects be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, including all matters of construction, validity and performance.

 

	
Very   truly yours,
    
	
 
    
	
[NAME   OF GRANTOR]
    
	
 
    
	
 
    
	
By:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    
	
 
    
	
 
    
	
Acknowledged   and agreed to as of the date first above written:
    
	
 
    
	
BANK   OF AMERICA, N.A.,
    
	
not   in its individual capacity, but solely as the
    
	
Collateral   Agent
    
	
 
    
	
 
    
	
By:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    

 

Grantor Supplement Signature Page

 

 

ANNEX I

GRANTOR SUPPLEMENT

 

AIRCRAFT OBJECTS

 

	
Airframe MSN
    	
 
    	
Airframe Manufacturer
   and Model
    	
 
    	
Engine MSNs
    	
 
    	
Engine Manufacturer
   and Model
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

Annex I-1

 

ANNEX II

GRANTOR SUPPLEMENT

 

PLEDGED EQUITY INTERESTS

 

PLEDGED BENEFICIAL INTERESTS

 

	
Pledged Equity Party
    	
 
    	
Certificate No.
    	
 
    	
Percentage of
   Beneficial Interest
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

PLEDGED MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS

 

	
Pledged Equity Party
    	
 
    	
Certificate No.
    	
 
    	
Percentage of
   Membership Interest
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

PLEDGED STOCK

 

	
Pledged Equity Party
    	
 
    	
Certificate No.
    	
 
    	
Percentage Stock
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

PLEDGED DEBT

 

	
Intercompany Lender
    	
 
    	
Intercompany Borrower
    	
 
    	
Description of Instrument of
   Pledged Debt
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

Annex II-1

 

ANNEX III

GRANTOR SUPPLEMENT

 

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Annex III-1

 

ANNEX IV

GRANTOR SUPPLEMENT

 

	
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Annex IV-1

 

EXHIBIT B

SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

FORM OF CHARGE OVER SHARES OF IRISH SUBSIDIARY HOLDCO

 

       APRIL 2012

 

SHARE CHARGE

 

between

 

DELOS AIRCRAFT INC.

 

as Chargor

 

and

 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

 

as Chargee

 

in respect of shares of

 

Artemis (Delos) Limited

 

A & L GOODBODY

 

Exhibit B-1

 

THIS SHARE CHARGE is made on        April 2012

 

BETWEEN

 

(1)                                 DELOS AIRCRAFT INC., a company incorporated under the laws of California having its office at 10250 Constellation Blvd., Suite 3400, Los Angeles, CA 90067  (the Chargor); and

 

(2)                                 BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,  a national banking association as the collateral agent under the Security Agreement (as defined below), (the Chargee);

 

WHEREAS:

 

A.                                    By a term loan credit agreement dated as of        April 2012 among the Chargor as Borrower, International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC), Hyperion Aircraft Inc., Apollo Aircraft Inc. and the Company (as defined below), as Obligors, the lenders party thereto, as Lenders, Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent and the Chargee (the Credit Agreement), the Lenders (as defined therein) have agreed to make available a term loan facility to the Chargor.

 

B.                                    By a security agreement dated as of        April 2012 among the Chargor, Hyperion Aircraft Inc., Apollo Aircraft Inc., the Company and the additional grantors referred to therein as Grantors and the Chargee, such Grantors have agreed to grant certain security to the Chargee (the Security Agreement).

 

C.                                    Pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, the Chargor has agreed to grant this charge over the shares in the Company.

 

D.                                    The terms and conditions of this Charge are acceptable to the Chargee.

 

NOW THIS CHARGE WITNESSETH as follows:

 

1.                                      DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

 

1.1.                            In this Charge (including the Recitals), words and expressions defined in the Security Agreement shall (unless otherwise defined herein or the context requires otherwise) have the same meaning herein and the following words and expressions shall have the following meanings, except where the context otherwise requires:

 

Act means the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009;

 

this Charge means this share charge;

 

Company means Artemis (Delos) Limited (registered number 482230), a company incorporated in Ireland having its registered office at 30 North Wall Quay, Dublin 1, Ireland;

 

Charged Property means:

 

(1)                                 all the issued shares in the capital of the Company as described in Schedule A and all other shares and share warrants in the capital of the Company from time to time legally or beneficially owned by the Chargor during the Security Period (together the Charged Shares); and

 

(2)                                 including in each case all proceeds of sale thereof and all dividends, interest or

 

Exhibit B-2

 

other distributions hereafter declared, made, paid or payable in respect of the same and all allotments, accretions, offers, rights, benefits and advantages whatsoever at any time accruing, offered or arising in respect of or incidental to the same and all stocks, shares, rights, money or property accruing thereto or offered at any time by way of conversion, redemption, bonus, preference, option, substitution, capital redemption or otherwise in respect thereof;

 

Charged Shares has the meaning assigned thereto in the definition of Charged Property;

 

Loan Document has the meaning given to it in the Credit Agreement;

 

Parties mean the parties to this Charge;

 

Receiver means a receiver (whether appointed pursuant to this Charge, pursuant to any statute, by a court or otherwise) of the Charged Property or any part of it;

 

Secured Obligations has the meaning given to it in the Credit Agreement;

 

Secured Party has the meaning given to such term in the Security Agreement; and

 

Security Period means the period commencing on the date of execution of this Charge and terminating upon the date on which the Secured Obligations have been unconditionally and irrevocably paid and discharged in full.

 

1.2.                           In this Charge:

 

1.2.1.                  words and phrases the definition of which is contained in or referred to section 2 of the Companies Act, 1963 are to be construed as having the meaning attributed to them therein;

 

1.2.2.                  references to statutory provisions shall be construed as references to those provisions as amended or re-enacted or as their application is modified by other provisions from time to time and shall include references to any provisions of which they are reenactments (whether with or without modification);

 

1.2.3.                  references to clauses, recitals and schedules are references to clauses hereof, recitals hereof and schedules hereto; references to sub-clauses or paragraphs are, unless otherwise stated, references to sub-clauses of the clause or paragraphs of the schedule in which the reference appears;

 

1.2.4.                  references to the singular shall include the plural and vice versa and references to the masculine shall include the feminine or neuter and vice versa;

 

1.2.5.                  references to persons shall include natural persons, firms, partnerships, companies, corporations, associations, organisations, governments, states, foundations, trusts, bodies of persons whether incorporated or unincorporated (in each case whether or not having a separate legal personality);

 

1.2.6.                  references to assets include property, rights and assets of every description;

 

1.2.7.                  references to any document are to be construed as references to such document as amended, varied, assigned, novated, restated or supplemented from time to time;

 

1.2.8.                  references to any person shall be construed so as to include that person’s successors, assigns and transferees;

 

Exhibit B-3

 

1.2.9.                  any reference to a legal term for any action, remedy, method of judicial proceeding, legal document, legal status, court, official or any legal concept or thing is, in respect of any jurisdiction other than Ireland, shall be deemed to include a reference to what mostly nearly approximates in that jurisdiction to the Irish legal term;

 

1.2.10.           the headings are inserted for convenience only and are not to affect the construction of this Charge; and

 

1.2.11.           any phrase introduced by the terms “including”, “include”, “in particular” or any similar expression is to be construed as illustrative and shall not limit the sense of the words proceeding those terms.

 

2.                                      COVENANT TO PAY AND PERFORM

 

2.1.                            The Chargor hereby covenants and undertakes with the Chargee that it shall pay and discharge the Secured Obligations as and when they become due to be paid or discharged as and to the extent provided in the Credit Agreement, this Charge or any other Loan Document.

 

2.2.                            The Chargor shall pay interest on any delinquent sum (before and after any judgment) from the date of demand until the date of payment calculated on a daily basis in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement.

 

2.3.                            Any payment made by the Chargor under this Charge shall be made free and clear of and without any deduction for or on account of any set-off or counterclaim.

 

3.                                      SECURITY

 

3.1.                            As a continuing security for the payment and performance of the Secured Obligations, the Chargor as legal and beneficial owner hereby charges to the Chargee, by way of a first fixed charge, all of its right, title and interest in and to the Charged Property.

 

3.2.                            The Chargor hereby agrees to deliver to the Chargee, on the date of execution of this Charge:

 

3.2.1.                  an undated stock transfer form (executed in blank by or on behalf of the Chargor) in respect of all the Charged Shares;

 

3.2.2.                  all share certificates, warrants and other documents of title representing the Charged Shares together with a certified copy of the up to date register of members of the Company;

 

3.2.3.                  an undated irrevocable proxy in respect of the Charged Shares executed by the Chargor, in the for set out in Schedule C to this Charge;

 

3.2.4.                  an irrevocable appointment signed by the Chargor in respect of the Charged Shares, in the form set out in Schedule D to this Charge; and

 

3.2.5.                  executed but undated letters of resignation and release from each of the directors, alternate directors and secretary of the Company appointed by the Chargor in the forms set out in Schedule B to this Charge,

 

and such documents will be held by the Chargee during the Security Period.

 

The Chargee acknowledges and agrees that if at any time the Secured Obligations have been unconditionally and irrevocably paid and discharged in full it shall, unless otherwise required 

 

Exhibit B-4

 

pursuant to this Charge or the Security Agreement or the Credit Agreement, or in accordance with the Credit Agreement or the Security Agreement, deliver the documents referred to in this clause 3.2 to the Chargor and thereafter such documents shall be held by the Chargor.

 

3.3.                            The Chargor will procure that, for the duration of the Security Period, there shall be (a) no increase or reduction in the authorised or issued share capital of the Company, (b) no variation of the rights attaching to or conferred by the Charged Property or any part of it and (c) no alteration to the constitutive documents of the Company, in each case, without the prior consent in writing of the Chargee, but the foregoing shall not be interpreted as requiring the Chargee’s consent to further capital contribution to the Company by the Chargor.

 

3.4.                            The Chargor will deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Chargee immediately upon (subject to clause 3.3) the issue of any further Charged Shares, the items listed in clauses 3.2.1 and 3.2.2 in respect of all such further Charged Shares.

 

3.5.                            The Chargor will deliver or cause to be delivered, to the Chargee immediately upon the appointment of any further director, alternate director or officer of the Company an undated, signed letter of resignation from such further director, alternate director or officer in a form acceptable to the Chargee.

 

3.6.                            The Chargor hereby covenants that, except as otherwise provided in the Loan Documents, during the Security Period:

 

3.6.1.                  it will remain the legal and beneficial owner of the Charged Property;

 

3.6.2.                  it will not create or suffer the creation or existence of any Liens (other than Permitted Liens) on or in respect of the whole of any part of the Charged Property or any of its interest therein;

 

3.6.3.                  it will not sell, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its interest in the Charged Property in any such case, without the prior consent in writing of the Chargee;

 

3.6.4.                  it will not permit any person other than the Chargee (or such person as may be specified for this purpose in writing by the Chargee) to be registered as holder of the Shares or any part thereof;

 

3.6.5.                  it will duly and promptly pay all calls, instalments or other payments which may be or become due in respect of the Charged Shares as and when the same from time to time become due;

 

3.6.6.                  it will promptly give to the Chargee all material notices and other documents received in respect of the Charged Shares;

 

3.6.7.                  it will ensure that the Charged Shares are, and at all times remain, free from any restriction on transfer to the Chargee, its nominee(s) or to any purchaser from the Chargee pursuant to the exercise of any rights or remedies of the Chargee under or pursuant to this Charge;

 

3.6.8.                  it will notify the Chargee immediately upon receipt of any notice issued under section 16(1) of the Companies Act, 1990 in respect of all or any of the Charged Shares or upon becoming aware that any such notice has been issued or that steps have been taken or are about to be taken to obtain an order for the sale of all or any of the Charged Shares under section 16(7) of the Companies Act 1990;

 

3.6.9.                  it will not claim any set-off or counterclaim against the Chargee or any Secured Party;

 

Exhibit B-5

 

3.6.10.           following the occurrence of an Enforcement Event which is continuing, it will not claim or prove in competition with the Chargee or any Secured Party in the bankruptcy or liquidation of the Company or have the benefit of, or share in, any payment from or composition with, the Company for any indebtedness of the Company provided that if so directed by the Chargee, it will prove for the whole or any part of its claim in the liquidation or bankruptcy of the Company on terms that the benefit of such proof and of all money received by it in respect thereof shall be held on trust for the Chargee and applied in or towards the discharge of the liabilities and obligations of the Chargor to the Chargee under this Charge in such manner as the Chargee shall deem appropriate;

 

3.6.11.           it will not exercise its rights of subrogation against the Company;

 

3.6.12.           following the occurrence of an Enforcement Event which is continuing, it will take such action as the Chargee may, in its absolute discretion, direct in the event that it becomes possible (whether under the terms of issue of the Charged Shares, a reorganisation or otherwise) to convert or exchange the Charged Shares or have them repaid or in the event that any offer to purchase is made in respect of the Charged Shares or any proposal is made for varying or abrogating any rights attaching to them; and

 

3.6.13.           it will not permit any of the Charged Shares to be redeemed and repaid.

 

3.7.                            The Chargor shall remain liable to perform all the obligations assumed by it in relation to the Charged Property and the Chargee shall be under no obligation of any kind whatsoever in respect thereof or be under any liability whatsoever in the event of any failure by the Chargor to perform its obligations in respect thereof.

 

3.8.                            For the avoidance of doubt, the Chargee shall not in any circumstances incur and liability whatsoever in respect of any calls, instalments or otherwise in connection with the Charged Property.

 

3.9.                            Upon the Chargee being satisfied that the Secured Obligations have been unconditionally and irrevocably paid and discharged in full, or as otherwise provided in the Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents, and following a written request therefor from the Chargor, the Chargee will, subject to being indemnified to their reasonable satisfaction for the costs and expenses incurred by the Chargee in connection therewith, release the security constituted by this Charge.

 

4.                                      REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE CHARGOR

 

4.1.                            The Chargor hereby represents and warrants to the Chargee and the Secured Parties that:

 

4.1.1.                  it is not in breach of any of its obligations under this Charge;

 

4.1.2.                  the Chargor is the sole legal and beneficial owner of all of the Charged Property free from any Lien (other than any Permitted Lien) and any options or rights of pre-emption;

 

4.1.3.                  the Chargor has not sold or otherwise disposed of or agreed to sell or otherwise dispose of or granted or agreed to grant any option in respect of the Charged Property and will not do any of the foregoing at any time during the Security Period;

 

4.1.4.                  it is not necessary that this Charge be filed, recorded or enrolled with any court or other authority in Ireland or any other jurisdiction (except filing with the Irish Companies Registration Office pursuant to Section 111 of the Companies Act 1963 and under the Uniform Commercial Code enacted in any jurisdiction;

 

4.1.5.                  the Charged Shares constitute all of the issued share capital of the Company;

 

Exhibit B-6

 

4.1.6.                  the Charged Shares have been duly authorised, validly issued and are fully paid or credited as fully paid, no calls have been made in respect thereof and remain unpaid and no calls can be made in respect of such Charged Shares in the future;

 

4.1.7.                  the terms of the Charged Shares and of the constitutive documents of the Company do not restrict or otherwise limit the Chargor’s right to transfer or charge the Charged Shares and the directors of the Company cannot refuse to register any transfer of the Charged Shares to the Chargee or any party nominated by the Chargee;

 

4.1.8.                  it will not be required to make any deduction or withholding from any payment it may make under this Charge.

 

4.2.                            The Chargor acknowledges that the Chargee has entered into this Charge in reliance on the representations and warranties set out in Clause 4.1.

 

5.                                      DEALINGS WITH CHARGED PROPERTY

 

5.1.                            Unless and until the occurrence of an Enforcement Event which is continuing:

 

5.1.1.                  subject always to Clause 3.3, the Chargor shall continue to be entitled to exercise all voting and consensual powers pertaining to the Charged Property or any part thereof for all purposes not inconsistent with the terms of this Charge; and

 

5.1.2.                  the Chargor shall be entitled to receive and retain any cash dividends, but not other moneys or assets accruing on or in respect of the Charged Property or any part thereof

 

provided that the Chargor shall not exercise such voting rights in any manner which, in the opinion of the Chargor, would, or would be reasonably likely to, violate the Credit Agreement or the Security Agreement.

 

5.2.                            The Chargor shall pay when due all calls, installments or other payments and shall discharge all other obligations, which may become due in respect of any of the Charged Property and following the occurrence of an Enforcement Event which is continuing, the Chargee may if it thinks fit (but shall not be obliged to) make such payments or discharge such obligations on behalf of the Chargor.  Any sums so paid by the Chargee in respect thereof shall be repayable on demand by the Chargor with interest thereon calculated in accordance with clause 2.2 and pending such repayment shall constitute part of the Secured Obligations.

 

5.3.                            The Chargee shall not have any duty to ensure that any dividends, interest or other moneys and assets receivable in respect of the Charged Property are duly and punctually paid, received or collected as and when the same become due and payable or to ensure that the correct amounts (if any) are paid or received on or in respect of the Charged Property or to ensure the taking up of any (or any offer of any) stocks, shares, rights, moneys or other property paid, distributed, accruing or offered at any time by way of redemption, bonus, rights, preference, or otherwise on or in respect of, any of the Charged Property.

 

5.4.                            The Chargor hereby authorises the Chargee to arrange at any time and from time to time (after the occurrence of an Enforcement Event which is continuing) for the Charged Property or any part thereof to be registered in the name of the Chargee (or its nominee) thereupon to be held, as so registered, subject to the terms of this Charge.

 

5.5.                            The Chargor may not take any action in relation to the Charged Property or this Charge under the provisions of Section 94 of the Act (Court order for sale).

 

Exhibit B-7

 

6.                                      PRESERVATION OF SECURITY

 

6.1.                            It is hereby agreed and declared that:

 

6.1.1.                  the security created by this Charge shall be held by the Chargee as a continuing security for the payment and discharge of the Secured Obligations and the security so created shall not be satisfied by any intermediate payment or satisfaction of any part of the Secured Obligations;

 

6.1.2.                  the security created by this Charge is in addition to and independent of and shall not prejudice or merge with any other security (or any right of set-off) which the Chargee may hold at any time for the Secured Obligations or any of them;

 

6.1.3.                  the Chargee shall not be bound to seek to recover any amounts due from the Chargor or any other person, exercise any rights against the Chargor or any other person or enforce any other security before enforcing the security created by this Charge;

 

6.1.4.                  no delay or omission on the part of the Chargee in exercising any right, power or remedy under this Charge shall impair such right, power or remedy or be construed as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or remedy preclude any further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy.  The rights, powers and remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, powers and remedies provided by law and may be exercised from time to time and as often as the Chargee may deem expedient; and

 

6.1.5.                  any waiver by the Chargee of any terms of this Charge shall only be effective if given in writing and then only against the Chargee and for the purpose and upon the terms for which it is given.

 

6.2.                            Where any discharge is made in whole or in part or any arrangement is made on the faith of any payment, security or other disposition which is avoided or must be repaid on bankruptcy, liquidation, by virtue of Section 1001 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 or otherwise without limitation, this Charge shall continue in force as if there had been no such discharge or arrangement.  The Chargee shall be entitled to concede or compromise in good faith any claim that any such payment, security or other disposition is liable to avoidance or repayment.

 

6.3.                            Until the Secured Obligations have been unconditionally and irrevocably satisfied and discharged in full to the satisfaction of the Chargee or as otherwise provided in the Credit Agreement or the Security Agreement, the Chargee may at any time keep in a separate account or accounts (without liability to pay interest thereon) in the name of the Chargee for as long as the Chargee may think fit, any moneys received recovered or realised under this Charge or under any other guarantee, security or agreement relating in whole or in part to the Secured Obligations without being under any intermediate obligation to apply the same or any part thereof in or towards the discharge of such amount.

 

7.                                      ENFORCEMENT OF SECURITY

 

7.1.                            The security hereby constituted shall become enforceable upon the occurrence of an Enforcement Event which is continuing.

 

7.2.                            At any time after the occurrence of an Enforcement Event which is continuing, the rights conferred on the Chargee under this Charge or by law shall be immediately exercisable upon and at any time thereafter and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the Chargee or any Receiver appointed hereunder without further notice to the Chargor:

 

Exhibit B-8

 

7.2.1.                  may solely and exclusively exercise all voting and/or consensual powers pertaining to the Charged Property or any part thereof and may exercise such powers in a such manner as the Chargee may think fit; and/or

 

7.2.2.                  may complete any share transfer forms then held by the Chargee pursuant to this Charge in the name of the Chargee (or its nominee) and the Chargor shall do whatever the Chargee requires in order to procure the prompt registration of such transfer and the prompt issue of a new certificate or certificates for the relevant Charged Property in the name of the Chargee; and/or

 

7.2.3.                  date any or all, as the Chargee in its absolute discretion may deem appropriate, of the letters of resignation of the Directors and Secretary of the Company provided to the Chargee pursuant to clause 3.2.5, the proxy provided to the Chargee pursuant to clause 3.2.3 and the appointment provided to the Chargee pursuant to clause 3.2.4 and sign, seal, execute, deliver, acknowledge, file and register all such documents, instruments, agreements, certificates and any other document (including, but not limited to, such letters of resignation) and do any and all such other acts or things as the Chargee may in its absolute discretion deem necessary or desirable to remove any or all of the Directors and/or Secretary from the office of director or, as the case may be, secretary of the Company; and/or

 

7.2.4.                  may receive and retain all dividends, interest or other moneys or assets accruing on or in respect of the Charged Property or any part thereof, such dividends, interest or other moneys or assets to be held by the Chargee, as additional security charged under and subject to the terms of this Charge and any such dividends, interest and other moneys or assets received by the Chargor after such time shall be held in trust by the Chargor for the Chargee and paid or transferred to the Chargee on demand; and/or

 

7.2.5.                  may sell, transfer, grant options over or otherwise dispose of the Charged Property or any part thereof at such place and in such manner and at such price or prices as the Chargee may deem fit, and thereupon the Chargee shall have the right to deliver, assign and transfer in accordance therewith the Charged Property so sold, transferred, granted options over or otherwise disposed of.

 

7.3.                           At any time after the security constituted by this Charge has become enforceable:

 

7.3.1.                  the statutory power of sale conferred by section 100 (Power of sale) of the Act free from restrictions contained in section 100(1)(a), (b), (c), (2), (3) and (4) and without the requirement to serve notice (as provided for in section 100(1)); and

 

7.3.2.                  the incidental powers of sale conferred by section 102 (Incidental powers)

 

will immediately arise and be exercisable by the Chargee and/or any Receiver (as appropriate).

 

7.4.                            Upon any sale of the Charged Property or any part thereof by the Chargee, the purchaser shall not be bound to see or enquire whether the Chargee’s power of sale has become exercisable in the manner provided in this Charge and for the purposes and benefit of such purchaser the sale shall be deemed to be within the power of the Chargee, and the receipt of the Chargee for the purchase money shall effectively discharge the purchaser who shall not be concerned with the manner of application of the proceeds of sale or be in any way answerable therefor.

 

7.5.                            The Chargee shall not be obliged to make any enquiry as to the nature or sufficiency of any payment received by it under this Charge or to make any claim or to take any action to collect any moneys assigned by this Charge or to enforce any rights or benefits assigned to it by this Charge or to which the it may at any time be entitled hereunder.

 

Exhibit B-9

 

7.6.                            Neither the Chargee nor any of its respective agents, managers, officers, employees, delegates and advisers shall be liable for any claim, demand, liability, loss, damage, cost or expense incurred or arising in connection with the exercise or purported exercise of any rights, powers and discretions hereunder in the absence of gross negligence, dishonesty or willful default.

 

7.7.                            The provisions of section 97 of the Act (Taking possession), section 99(1) (Mortgagee in possession) and section 101 (Applications under sections 97 and 100) shall not apply to this Charge.

 

7.8.                           Receivers

 

7.8.1.                  At any time after the occurrence of an Enforcement Event, the Chargee may by a written instrument and without notice to any party appoint a Receiver of the Charged Property or any part of it.  A Receiver so appointed shall be the agent of the Chargor and the Chargor shall be solely responsible for his acts, defaults and remuneration but the Chargee will have power from time to time to fix the remuneration of any Receiver and direct payment thereof out of the proceeds of the Charged Property.  The restrictions contained in section 108(1) and the provisions of sub-sections 108(4) and (7) (Appointment of a Receiver) of the Act will not apply to the appointment of a Receiver under this clause 7.8.1;

 

7.8.2.                  The Chargee may by instrument in writing delegate to any such Receiver all or any of the rights, powers and discretions vested in it by this Charge pursuant to section 108(3) of the Act;

 

7.8.3.                  The Chargee may by instrument in writing delegate to any such Receiver all or any of the rights, powers and discretions vested in it by this Charge;

 

7.8.4.                  In addition to the powers conferred on the Chargee by this Charge, the Receiver appointed pursuant to Clause 7.8.1 shall have in relation to the Charged Property all the powers conferred by the Act (as extended by this Charge) on a Receiver appointed under that Act;

 

7.8.5.                  The Chargee shall not be responsible for any negligence on the part of a Receiver, provided that the Chargee shall have used bona fides in the appointment of such Receiver;

 

7.8.6.                  Neither the Chargee nor any Receiver appointed under this Charge shall be liable to account as mortgagee in possession in respect of any of the Charged Property or be liable for any loss upon realisation or for any neglect or default of any nature whatsoever (except to the extent that the same results from their or his gross negligence or willful default in connection with any of the Charged Property) for which a mortgagee in possession might as such be liable and all costs, charges and expenses incurred by the Chargee or any Receiver appointed hereunder (including the costs of any proceedings to enforce the security) together with all Value Added Tax thereon shall be paid by the Chargor on a solicitor and own client basis and shall form part of the Secured Obligations and be charged on and paid out of the Charged Property; and

 

7.8.7.                  All amounts realized by the Chargee in connection with the exercise of rights and remedies hereunder shall be applied by the Chargee as provided in section 3.02 (Priority of Payments) of the Security Agreement. To the extent relevant, the subordination arrangements set forth in Sections 2, 5 and 6 of the Intercreditor Agreement shall apply to this Charge.

 

Exhibit B-10

 

8.                                     FURTHER ASSURANCES

 

8.1.                            The Chargor shall from time to time at its expense, execute and deliver any and all such further instruments and documents and take all such actions as the Chargee in its reasonable discretion may require for:

 

8.1.1.                  perfecting, protecting or ensuring the priority of the security hereby created (or intended to be created);

 

8.1.2.                  preserving or protecting any of the rights of the Chargee under this Charge;

 

8.1.3.                  ensuring that the security constituted by this Charge and the covenants and obligations of the Chargor under this Charge shall enure to the benefit of any assignee of the Chargee;

 

8.1.4.                  facilitating the appropriation or realisation of the Charged Property or any part thereof; or

 

8.1.5.                  the exercise of any power, authority or discretion vested in the Chargee under this Charge,

 

in any such case, forthwith upon demand by the Chargee and at the expense of the Chargor.

 

9.                                      INDEMNITIES

 

9.1.                            The Chargor will indemnify and save harmless the Chargee and each of its agents or attorneys appointed under or pursuant to this Charge from and against any and all expenses, claims, liabilities, losses, taxes, costs, duties, fees and charges suffered, incurred or made by the Chargee or such agent or attorney:

 

9.1.1.                  in the exercise or purported exercise of any rights, powers or discretions vested in them pursuant to this Charge;

 

9.1.2.                  in the preservation or enforcement of the Chargee’s rights under this Charge or the priority thereof; or

 

9.1.3.                  on the release of any part of the Charged Property from the security created by this Charge,

 

as provided in the Security Agreement and subject to the terms thereof.

 

9.2                               If, under any applicable law or regulation, and whether pursuant to a judgment being made or registered against the Chargor or the bankruptcy or liquidation of the Chargor or for any other reason any payment under or in connection with this Charge is made or fails to be satisfied in a currency (the Payment Currency) other than the currency in which such payment is due under or in connection with this Charge (the Contractual Currency), then to the extent that the amount of such payment actually received by the Chargee when converted into the Contractual Currency at the rate of exchange, falls short of the amount due under or in connection with this Charge, the Chargor, as a separate and independent obligation, shall indemnify and hold harmless the Chargee against the amount of such shortfall.  For the purposes of this clause 9.2, rate of exchange means the rate at which the Chargee is able on or about the date of such payment to purchase the Contractual Currency with the Payment Currency and shall take into account any premium and other costs of exchange with respect thereto.

 

Exhibit B-11

 

10.                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

10.1.                     The Chargor by way of security hereby irrevocably appoints and constitutes the Chargee and any Receiver jointly and also severally the attorney or attorneys of the Chargor on the Chargor’s behalf and in the name of the Chargor or otherwise and to do all acts and to execute, seal or otherwise affect any deed, assurance, agreement, instrument, document or act which the Chargor could itself do in relation to the Charged Property or which may be required or which may be deemed proper for any of the matters provided for in this Charge.

 

10.2.                     The power hereby conferred shall be a general power of attorney and the Chargor hereby ratifies and confirms and agrees to ratify and confirm any instrument, act or thing which any such attorney may execute or do.  In relation to the power referred to herein, the exercise by the Chargee of such power shall be conclusive evidence of its right to exercise the same.

 

10.3.                     This power shall not become exercisable unless and until an Enforcement Event has occurred and is continuing.

 

11.                               EXPENSES

 

11.1.                     Subject to the terms of the Credit Agreement, the Chargor shall pay to the Chargee within 10 Business Days of demand all costs, fees and expenses (including, but not limited to, legal fees and expenses) and taxes thereon incurred by the Chargee (or any Secured Party) or for which the Chargee may become liable in connection with:

 

11.1.1.           the negotiation, preparation and execution of this Charge;

 

11.1.2.           the preserving or enforcing of, or attempting to preserve or enforce, any of its rights under this Charge or the priority hereof;

 

11.1.3.           any variation of, or amendment or supplement to, any of the terms of this Charge; and /or

 

11.1.4.           any consent or waiver required from the Chargee in relation to this Charge,

 

and in the case referred to in clauses 11.1.3 and 11.1.4 regardless of whether the same is actually implemented, completed or granted, as the case may be.

 

11.2.                     The Chargor shall pay promptly all stamp, documentary, registration and other like duties and taxes to which this Charge may be subject or give rise and shall indemnify the Chargee on demand against any and all liabilities with respect to or resulting from any delay or omission on the part of the Chargor to pay any such duties or taxes.

 

11.3.                     The provisions of section 109 (Application of money received) of the Act shall not apply to this Charge.

 

12.                               ASSIGNMENTS

 

12.1.                     This Charge shall be binding upon and shall enure to the benefit of the Chargor and the Chargee and each of their respective successors and (subject as hereinafter provided) assigns and references in this Charge to any of them shall be construed accordingly.

 

12.2.                     The Chargor may not assign or transfer all or any part of its rights and/or obligations under this Charge.

 

12.3.                     The Chargee may assign or transfer all or any part of its rights or obligations under this Charge as provided in the Security Agreement.  The Chargee will be entitled to disclose any information 

 

Exhibit B-12

 

concerning the Chargor to any proposed assignee or transferee. The Chargee shall notify the Chargor promptly following any such assignment or transfer.

 

12.4.                     In the event of assignment or transfer by the Chargee as permitted by clause 12.3, the Chargor shall at the request of the Chargee join in such assignment or transfer so as to cause the full benefit of this Charge to be passed to the relevant assignee or transferee.

 

13.                               MISCELLANEOUS

 

13.1.                     The Chargee, at any time and from time to time, may delegate by power of attorney or in any other manner to any person or persons all or any of the powers, authorities and discretions which are for the time being exercisable by the Chargee under this Charge in relation to the Charged Property or any part thereof.  Any such delegation may be made upon such terms and be subject to the regulations as the Chargee may think fit.  The Chargee shall not be in any way liable or responsible to the Chargor for any loss or damage arising from any act, default, omission or misconduct on the part of any such delegate provided that the Chargee has acted reasonably in selecting such delegate.

 

13.2.                     If any of the clauses, conditions, covenants or restrictions (the Provision) of this Charge or any deed or document emanating from it shall be found to be void but would be valid if some part thereof were deleted or modified, then the Provision shall apply with such deletion or modification as may be necessary to make it valid and effective.

 

13.3.                     This Charge (together with any documents referred to herein) constitutes the whole agreement between the Parties relating to its subject matter and no variations hereof shall be effective unless made in writing and signed by each of the Parties.

 

13.4.                     This Charge may be executed in counterparts each of which when executed and delivered shall constitute an original but all such counterparts together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

13.5.                     A certificate of the Chargee as to the amount of any Secured Obligation owed to it (whether for itself or in a representative capacity) shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive evidence of the existence and amount of such Secured Obligation.

 

13.6.                     If the Chargee causes or requires Charged Property to be registered in the name of a nominee for the Chargee, any reference in this Charge to the Chargee shall, if the context so permits or requires, be construed as a reference to each of the Chargee and such nominee.

 

13.7.                     The rights and remedies of the Chargee under this Charge are cumulative and without prejudice and in addition to any rights or remedies which the Chargee may have at law or in equity.  No exercise by the Chargee of any right or remedy under this Charge or at law or in equity shall (save to the extent, if any, provided expressly in this Charge, or at law or in equity) operate so as to hinder or prevent the exercise by it of any other right or remedy.  Each and every right and remedy may be exercised from time to time as often and in such order as may be deemed expedient by the Chargee.

 

14.                               LIMIT OF LIABILITY

 

The provisions of section 8.13 (Limited Recourse) of the Security Agreement shall apply mutatis mutandis to this Charge as if written out in full herein.

 

Exhibit B-13

 

15.                               LAW AND JURISDICTION

 

15.1.                     This Charge, and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with this Charge, shall be governed and construed in accordance with Irish law.

 

15.2.                     The Chargor irrevocably agrees for the benefit of the Chargee that the courts of Ireland shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine any suit, action or proceeding, and to settle any disputes, whether relating to a contractual or non-contractual obligation, which may arise out of or in connection with this Charge and, for such purposes, irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of such courts.

 

15.3.                     The Chargor irrevocably waives any objection which it might now or hereafter have to the courts referred to in Clause 15.2 being nominated as the forum to hear and determine any suit, action or proceeding, and to settle any disputes, which may arise out of or in connection with this Charge and agrees not to claim that any such court is not a convenient or appropriate forum in each case whether on the grounds of venue or forum non convenient or any similar grounds or otherwise.

 

15.4.                     The submission to the jurisdiction of the courts referred to in Clause 15.2 shall not (and shall not be construed so as to) limit the right of the Chargee to take proceedings against the Chargor in any other court of competent jurisdiction nor shall the taking of proceedings in any one or more jurisdictions preclude the taking of proceedings in any other jurisdiction, whether concurrently or not.

 

15.5.                     To the extent that the Chargor, or any of the property of the Chargor is or becomes entitled at any time to any immunity on the grounds of sovereignty or otherwise from any legal action, suit or proceeding, from set-off or counterclaim, from the jurisdiction of any competent court, from service of process, from attachment prior to judgment, from attachment in aid of execution, or from execution prior to judgment, or other legal process in any jurisdiction, the Chargor for itself, and its property does hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waive, and agrees not to plead or claim, any such immunity with respect to its or his, as the case may be, obligations, liabilities or any other matter under or arising out of or in connection with this Charge or the subject matter hereof or thereof.

 

16.                               CONFLICTS

 

In the event of a conflict between the provisions of this Charge on the one hand and the Credit
 Agreement or the Security Agreement on the other hand, the provisions of the Credit Agreement 

or                                     Security Agreement shall control.

 

16.                               SERVICE OF PROCESS AGENT

 

The Chargor hereby irrevocably appoints ILFC Ireland Limited  of 30 North Wall Quay, Dublin 1  as its Agent with full authority to receive, accept and acknowledge, for itself and on its behalf, service of all process issued out of or relating to any proceedings referred to in Clause 15 in the Courts of Ireland.

 

Exhibit B-14

 

Schedule A

 

	
Company
    	
 
    	
Number and Description of
   Shares
    	
 
    	
Registered Holder
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Artemis (Delos) Limited
    	
 
    	
2 Ordinary Shares of USD$1.00 each
    	
 
    	
Delos Aircraft Inc.
    

 

Exhibit B-15

 

SCHEDULE B

 

Part I

 

To:                             Bank of America, N.A.

(the Chargee)

 

Date:                     2012

(Date of Charge)

 

Dear Sirs

 

Artemis (Delos) Limited (the Company)

 

I hereby unconditionally and irrevocably authorise you to date the resignation letter in respect of the Company deposited by me with you pursuant to the share charge dated                                  2012 (the Charge) between Delos Aircraft Inc. and yourselves, as and when you become entitled to date and complete the same pursuant to the terms of the Charge.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

 

[name]

 

[Director] / [Secretary]

 

Exhibit B-16

 

SCHEDULE B

 

PART II

 

Date

 

The Board of Directors

Artemis (Delos) Limited  (the Company)

 

Dear Sirs,

 

Resignation of Directors/Secretary

 

[I]/[We] hereby tender [my]/[our] resignation as [Director]/[Secretary] of the Company with effect from the date hereof.

 

[I]/[We] hereby confirm that [I]/[We] have no rights to compensation or claims against the Company for loss of office or arrears of pay [(or, in the case of secretary, fees)].

 

This letter shall be governed by and construed in accordance with Irish law.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

 

	
Signed and Delivered
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
by [insert name of   director/secretary]
    	
 
    
	
in the presence of:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Witness   Signature:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Witness   Name:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Witness   Address:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

Exhibit B-17

 

Schedule C

 

Form of Proxy

 

We, Delos Aircraft Inc., hereby irrevocably appoint Bank of America, N.A., (as Chargee) as our proxy to vote at meetings of the shareholders of Artemis (Delos) Limited (the Company) in respect of any existing or further shares in the Company which may have been or may from time to time be issued to us and/or registered in our name.  This proxy is irrevocable by reason of being coupled with the interest of Bank of America, N.A., (as Chargee) as chargee of the aforesaid shares.

 

 

	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
DELOS AIRCRAFT INC.
    	
 
    

 

 

Dated:                    

 

Exhibit B-18

 

Schedule D

 

Form of Irrevocable Appointment

 

We, Delos Aircraft Inc. hereby irrevocably appoint Bank of America, N.A., (as Chargee) as our duly authorised representative to sign resolutions in writing of Artemis (Delos) Limited (the Company) in respect of any existing or further shares in the Company which may have been or may from time to time be issued to us and/or registered in our name.

 

 

	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
DELOS AIRCRAFT INC.
    	
 
    

 

Dated:                   

 

Exhibit B-19

 

IN WITNESS whereof the parties hereto have caused this Charge to be duly executed on the date first written.

 

 

	
SIGNED   AND DELIVERED by
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
DELOS AIRCRAFT INC.
    	
 
    
	
in   the presence of:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
in   the presence of:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Witness   Signature:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Witness   Name:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Witness   Address:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
SIGNED AND DELIVERED by
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
    	
 
    
	
in the presence of:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Witness   Signature:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Witness   Name:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Witness   Address:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
					

 

Exhibit B-20

 

EXHIBIT C
 SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

FORM OF ACCOUNT CONTROL AGREEMENT

 

April 12, 2012

 

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated

Mutual Fund Operations, NC1-004-03-45

200 North College Street

Charlotte, NC 28255

 

Whereas, Delos Aircraft Inc. (“Pledgor”) has granted to Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent (“Pledgee”), for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in Account number 5X500A01 (the “Collateral Account”), held by Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (the “Securities Intermediary”) together with all financial funds, investments, instruments, assets, investment property, securities, cash and other property now or hereafter held therein, and the proceeds thereof, including without limitation dividends payable in cash or stock and shares or other proceeds of conversions or splits of any securities in the Collateral Account (collectively, the “Collateral”).  Pledgor, Pledgee and the Securities Intermediary agree that the Collateral Account is a “securities account” within the meaning of Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York (the “UCC”) and that all Collateral held in the Collateral Account will be treated as a “financial asset” within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the UCC.

 

Whereas, the grant of security interest described above is pursuant to that certain Term Loan Security Agreement dated as of the date hereof among Hyperion Aircraft Inc., the Pledgor, Artemis (Delos) Limited, Apollo Aircraft Inc., the additional grantors referred to therein, and the Pledgee (as amended from time to time, the “Security Agreement”).

 

Whereas, the Pledgor and Pledgee, inter alia, are party to the Term Loan Credit Agreement dated as of April 12, 2012 (as amended from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”).

 

In connection therewith, the parties hereto agree (which agreement by the Pledgor will be construed as instructions to the Securities Intermediary):

 

1.                                      The Securities Intermediary is instructed to register the pledge on its books.  Securities Intermediary shall hold all certificated securities that comprise all or part of the Collateral with proper endorsements to the Securities Intermediary or in blank, or will deliver possession of such certificated securities to the Pledgee.  The Securities Intermediary acknowledges the security interest granted by the Pledgor in favor of the Pledgee in the Collateral.

 

2.                                      The Securities Intermediary represents, warrants and agrees that the Collateral Account (i) has been established and is and will be maintained with the Securities Intermediary on its books and records and (ii) is and will be a “securities account” (as defined in Section 8-501(a) of the UCC) in respect of which the (A) Securities Intermediary is a “securities intermediary” (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(14) of the UCC), (B) the Pledgor is the “entitlement holder” (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(7) of the UCC) of the Collateral Account subject to the “control” (as defined in Section 8-106 of the UCC) of the Pledgee, (C) the “securities intermediary’s jurisdiction” (as defined in Section 8-110(e) of the UCC) of the Securities Intermediary in respect of the Collateral

 

Exhibit C-1

 

                                                Account is New York and (D) all financial assets carried in the Collateral Account will have been duly credited thereto in compliance with Section 8-501 of the UCC.

 

3.                                      The Securities Intermediary is instructed to deliver to the Pledgee copies of monthly statements on the Collateral Account.

 

4.                                      The Collateral Account will be styled:  “Delos Aircraft Inc. Collateral Account for Bank of America, N.A.”

 

5.                                      All dividends, interest, gains and other profits with respect to the Collateral Account will be reported in the name and tax identification number of the Pledgor.

 

6.                                      (a)  The Securities Intermediary may not, without the prior written consent of Pledgee, deliver, release or otherwise dispose of the Collateral or any interest therein unless the proceeds thereof are held or reinvested in the Collateral Account as part of the Collateral or applied by Securities Intermediary to the satisfaction of an Unsubordinated Obligation (as defined below) owed to it.  Except for such limitation and unless and until the Securities Intermediary receives and has a reasonable period of time to act upon written notice from the Pledgee in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto which states that Pledgee is exercising exclusive control over the Collateral Account (a “Notice of Exclusive Control”), the Securities Intermediary may comply with any investment orders or instructions from Pledgor concerning the Collateral Account, or as set forth in Section 6(b) below.  A Notice of Exclusive Control (Exhibit A) may be delivered by the Pledgee at any time upon the occurrence and continuance of an enforcement event pursuant to the Security Agreement, and shall designate the account, person or other location to which the financial assets in the Collateral Account, and cash dividends, interest, income, earnings and other distributions received with respect thereto, shall thereafter be delivered.  As between Pledgor and Pledgee, Pledgee agrees not to deliver a Notice of Exclusive Control until the occurrence of an enforcement event pursuant to the Security Agreement that is continuing.  For the avoidance of doubt, Securities Intermediary shall have no responsibility for monitoring or determining whether an enforcement event has occurred or is continuing.

 

(b)  The Pledgee shall issue “entitlement orders” to the Securities Intermediary to distribute amounts from the Collateral Account as required pursuant to the provisions of Sections 2.03(c) or 5.16(c) of the Credit Agreement or as otherwise required by the loan documents.

 

(c)  Upon deposit of any insurance proceeds in the Collateral Account, the Pledgee shall instruct the Securities Intermediary to distribute from the Collateral Account the amount of such insurance proceeds in accordance with the instructions of the Collateral Agent (who shall direct that such amounts be distributed as set forth in Schedule V of the Security Agreement).

 

7.                                      The Pledgor authorizes the Securities Intermediary, and the Securities Intermediary agrees, to comply with any order or instruction from Pledgee concerning the Collateral Account, including an order or instruction directing sale, transfer (to the extent that the Collateral is transferable), release or redemption of all or part of the Collateral and the remittance of the proceeds thereof, if any, to Pledgee or as otherwise instructed by the Pledgee, without further consent by the Pledgor.  Securities Intermediary shall have no responsibility or liability to Pledgor for complying with any order or instruction, whether oral or written, concerning the Collateral Account, the Collateral, any interest therein, or the proceeds thereof originated by Pledgee and shall have no responsibility to investigate the appropriateness of any such order or instruction, even if Pledgor notifies Securities Intermediary that Pledgee is not legally entitled to originate any such order or

 

Exhibit C-2

 

                                                instruction.  Securities Intermediary shall have no responsibility or liability to Pledgee for complying with any order or instruction, whether oral or written, concerning the Collateral Account, the Collateral, any interest therein, or the proceeds thereof originated by Pledgor except to the extent such compliance would cause Securities Intermediary to violate (i) paragraph 6 hereof or (ii) written orders or instructions previously received from Pledgee, including without limitation, a Notice of Exclusive Control, but only to the extent Securities Intermediary has had reasonable opportunity to act thereon.  Securities Intermediary shall be able to rely upon any notice, order or instruction that it reasonably believes to be genuine.  Securities Intermediary shall have no responsibility or liability to Pledgee with respect to the value of the Collateral Account or any of the Collateral.  This Agreement does not create any obligation or duty on the part of Securities Intermediary other than those expressly set forth herein.

 

8.                                      The Pledgor agrees to indemnify and hold the Securities Intermediary, its directors, officers, employees, and agents harmless from and against any and all claims, causes of action, liabilities, losses, lawsuits, demands, damages, costs and expenses, including without limitation court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses and allocated costs of in house counsel, that may arise out of or in connection with this Agreement or any action taken or not taken pursuant hereto, except to the extent caused by Securities Intermediary’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.  The obligations of the Pledgor set forth in this paragraph 8 shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

 

9.                                      The Securities Intermediary is instructed that the Collateral Account is to remain a “cash account” within the meaning of Regulation T issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.  The Securities Intermediary represents that it has not received notice regarding any lien, encumbrance or other claim to the Collateral or the Collateral Account from any other person and has not entered into an agreement with any third party to act on such third party’s instructions without further consent of the Pledgor.  The Securities Intermediary further agrees not to enter into any such agreement with any third party.

 

10.                               The Securities Intermediary subordinates to the lien and security interest of the Pledgee any right of setoff, encumbrance, security interest, lien or other claim that it may have against the Collateral, except for any lien, claim, encumbrance or right of set off against the Collateral Account for (i) customary commissions and fees arising from permitted trading activity within the Collateral Account, and (ii) payment owed to Securities Intermediary for open trade commitments for the purchase and/or sale of financial assets in and for the Collateral Account (the “Unsubordinated Obligations”).

 

11.                               To the extent a conflict exists between the terms of this Agreement and any account agreement between the Pledgor and the Securities Intermediary, the terms of this Agreement will control, provided that this Agreement shall not alter or affect any mandatory arbitration provision currently in effect between Securities Intermediary and Pledgor.

 

12.                               The terms of this Agreement may not be modified except by a writing signed by all parties hereto.

 

13.                               Securities Intermediary reserves the right, unilaterally, to terminate this Agreement, such termination to be effective thirty (30) days after written notice thereof is given to Pledgor and Pledgee.  At the end of such thirty (30) day period, Securities Intermediary will deliver all assets held in the Collateral Account to Pledgee unless Pledgee and Pledgor deliver joint instructions to Securities Intermediary during such thirty (30) day period to deliver or transfer the assets held in the Collateral Account to another party or securities intermediary.  In the event that it is not possible or practicable, in the judgment of the Securities Intermediary, to transfer the Collateral or

 

Exhibit C-3

 

                                                deliver the Collateral to any other party, the Securities Intermediary will sell such assets and deliver the proceeds according to the instructions provided by the Pledgee or the joint instructions given by the Pledgee and Pledgor.  Nothing set forth in this provision shall be deemed to limit the right of Pledgee to issue orders or instructions to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to paragraph 6 hereof.  Pledgee may terminate this Agreement by giving notice to Securities Intermediary and Pledgor.  Termination shall not affect any of the rights or liabilities of the parties hereto incurred before the date of termination.

 

14.                               This Agreement sets forth the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof (provided that this Agreement and the Loan Documents, as defined in the Credit Agreement, set forth the entire agreement of the Pledgor and the Pledgee with respect to the subject matter hereof), and, subject to paragraph 11 above, supersedes any prior agreement and contemporaneous oral agreements of the parties concerning its subject matter.

 

15.                               Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, any notice, order, instruction, request or other communication required or permitted to be given under this Agreement shall be in writing and may be delivered in person, sent by facsimile or other electronic means if electronic confirmation of error free receipt is received, or sent by United States mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the party at the address set forth below.

 

16.                               The Securities Intermediary will be excused from failing to act or delay in acting, and no such failure or delay shall constitute a breach of this Agreement or otherwise give rise to any liability of the Securities Intermediary, if (i) such failure or delay is caused by circumstances beyond the reasonable control of the Securities Intermediary, including without limitation legal constraint, emergency conditions, action or inaction of governmental, civil or military authority, terrorism, fire, strike, lockout or other labor dispute, war, riot, theft, flood, earthquake or other natural disaster, breakdown of public or private or common carrier communication or transmission facilities, equipment failure, or act, negligence or default of Pledgor or (ii) such failure or delay resulted from Securities Intermediary’s reasonable belief that the action would have violated any guideline, rule or regulation of any governmental authority.

 

17.                               Pledgor agrees to pay Securities Intermediary, upon receipt of Securities Intermediary’s invoice, all reasonable costs, expenses and attorneys’ fees incurred in the preparation and administration of this Agreement (including any amendments hereto or instruments or agreements required hereunder).  Pledgor agrees to pay Securities Intermediary, upon receipt of Securities Intermediary’s invoice, all reasonable costs, expenses and attorneys’ fees incurred by Securities Intermediary in connection with the enforcement of this Agreement or any instrument or agreement required hereunder, including without limitation any reasonable costs, expenses, and fees arising out of the resolution of any conflict, dispute, motion regarding entitlement to rights or rights of action, or other action to enforce Securities Intermediary’s rights hereunder in a case arising under Title 11, United States Code.  This paragraph 17 shall survive termination of this Agreement.

 

18.                               Notwithstanding any of the other provisions of this Agreement, in the event of the commencement of a case pursuant to Title 11, United States Code, filed by or against Pledgor, or in the event of the commencement of any similar case under then applicable federal or state law providing for the relief of debtors or the protection of creditors by or against Pledgor, Securities Intermediary may act as Securities Intermediary deems necessary to comply with all applicable provisions of governing statutes and Pledgor shall not assert any claim against Securities Intermediary for so doing.

 

Exhibit C-4

 

19.                               If any term or provision of this Agreement shall be invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of this Agreement, or the application of such term or provision to persons or circumstances other than those to which it is held invalid or unenforceable, shall be construed in all respects as if such invalid or unenforceable term or provision were omitted.

 

20.                               This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be an original, and all of which shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

21.                               If any party to this Agreement is not a natural person, the person executing this Agreement on behalf of such party hereby represents that he or she has the proper authority to execute this Agreement on behalf of such party.

 

22.                               This Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York excluding choice of law principles that would require application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than the State of New York.

 

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Exhibit C-5

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Pledgor and the Pledgee have agreed to the terms of this Agreement as of the date indicated above.

 

	
PLEDGOR:   
    	
 
    	
PLEDGEE:   
    
	
DELOS   AIRCRAFT INC.
    	
 
    	
BANK   OF AMERICA, N.A., as Collateral Agent
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Name:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Title:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Telephone   No.:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Telephone   No.:
    	
 
    
	
Address:   
    	
 
    	
Address:   
    
	
10250   Constellation Blvd., Suite 3400 
    	
 
    	
1455   Market Street, 5th Floor 
    
	
Los   Angeles, CA 90067
    	
 
    	
CA5-701-05-19   
    
	
Attention:   Treasurer with a copy to the General Counsel 
    	
 
    	
San   Francisco, CA 94103 
    
	
Facsimile   No. (310) 788-1990
    	
 
    	
Attention:   Robert Rittelmeyer
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Facsimile   No. (415) 503-5099
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Date:   
    	
 
    	
,   2012
    	
 
    	
Date:   
    	
 
    	
,   2012
    
									

 

	
Acknowledged and Agreed to:
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
SECURITIES INTERMEDIARY
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE,   FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Name:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Title:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Date:
    	
 
    	
,   2012
    
	
 Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner &   Smith Incorporated
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
NC1-027-14-01
    	
 
    
	
214   North Tryon Street
    	
 
    
	
Charlotte,   NC 28255
    	
 
    
	
United   States of America
    	
 
    
	
Attention:   Rhonda Booker
    	
 
    
	
Facsimile   No. (704) 335-6727
    	
 
    
				

 

Account Control Agreement Supplement Signature Page

 

 

Exhibit A

 

[Letterhead of the Pledgee]

 

[Date]

 

A.                                    BY FACSIMILE TRANSMISSION

((704) 335-6727) AND CERTIFIED MAIL

 

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated

NC1-027-14-01

214 North Tryon Street

Charlotte, NC  28255

United States of America

Attention:  Rhonda Booker

 

Re: Delos Aircraft Inc.

       Account No. 5X500A01

 

B.                                    NOTICE OF EXCLUSIVE CONTROL

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

As referenced in the Collateral Account Control Agreement, dated as of April 12, 2012, among Delos Aircraft Inc., as Pledgor, Bank of America N.A., as Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties, as Pledgee, and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as Securities Intermediary, we hereby give you notice of our exclusive control over securities account number 5X500A01 (the “Collateral Account”) and all financial assets credited thereto.  You are hereby instructed not to accept any direction, instruction or entitlement order with respect to the Collateral Account or the financial assets credited thereto from any person other than the undersigned.

 

You are hereby instructed to [deliver][invest] the financial assets in the Collateral Account and cash dividends, interest, income, earning, and other distributions received with respect thereto, as follows:

 

	
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Exhibit A-1Exhibit 4.2

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

 

by and among

 

 

IGNITE RESTAURANT GROUP, INC.

 

 

and

 

 

J.H. WHITNEY VI, L.P.

 

 

and

 

 

THE STOCKHOLDERS SET FORTH ON SCHEDULE I ATTACHED HERETO

 

 

Dated as of May [   ], 2012

 

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

This REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT, dated as of May [·], 2012, is made and entered into by and between Ignite Restaurant Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), J.H. Whitney VI, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Whitney”) and certain persons listed on Schedule I hereto (such persons, together with Whitney, in their capacity as holders of Registrable Shares, the “Holders” and each a “Holder”).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, the Company has prepared a registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-175878) with respect to the issuance and sale of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), for an underwritten initial public offering of shares of the Company’s Common Stock (the “IPO”);

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the IPO, JCS Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Parent”), the Company’s direct parent and sole stockholder, plans to distribute substantially all of the shares of the Common Stock then held by it to the holders of its Series A preferred units and its common units in accordance with the provisions then in effect of the Third Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement, as amended, of Parent;

 

WHEREAS, Whitney and the other Holders are the holders of such Series A preferred units and common units of Parent; and

 

WHEREAS, the Company has agreed to provide to the Holders the registration rights set forth in this Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual promises and covenants contained in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

Section 1.  Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

“Agreement” shall mean this Registration Rights Agreement as originally executed and as amended, supplemented or restated from time to time.

 

“Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

“Business Day” shall mean Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday that is not a day on which banking institutions in New York or other applicable places where such act is to occur are authorized or obligated by applicable law, regulation or executive order to close.

 

“Common Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereof.

 

“Commission” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereof.

 

 

“Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereof.

 

“Controlling Person” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a) of this Agreement.

 

“Demand Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(i) of this Agreement.

 

“Demand Registration” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b)(i)  of this Agreement.

 

“Demand Registration Statement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b)(i) of this Agreement.

 

“Depositary” shall mean The Depository Trust Company, or any other depositary appointed by the Company.

 

“End of Suspension Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(b) of this Agreement.

 

“Equity Securities” of any Person means (i) any capital stock, partnership, membership, joint venture or other ownership or equity interest, participation or securities in or of such Person (whether voting or non voting, whether preferred, common or otherwise, and including any stock appreciation, contingent interest or similar right) and (ii) any option, warrant, security or other right (including debt securities) directly or indirectly convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise to acquire directly or indirectly, any stock, interest, participation or security described in clause (i) above.

 

“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (or any corresponding provision of succeeding law) and the rules and regulations thereunder.

 

“FINRA” shall mean the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

 

“Holder” shall mean each holder of the Common Stock, listed in Schedule I attached hereto, in his, her or its capacity as a holder of Registrable Shares and their direct and indirect transferees. For purposes of this Agreement, the Company may deem and treat the registered holder of a Registrable Share as the Holder and absolute owner thereof, unless notified to the contrary in writing by the registered Holder thereof.

 

“Initiating Holders” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b)(i) of this Agreement.

 

“IPO” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereof.

 

“Liabilities” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a)(i) of this Agreement.

 

“Maximum Threshold” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b)(ii)  of this Agreement.

 

“Non-Holder Securities” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(c)(iii) of this Agreement.

 

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“Parent” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereof;

 

“Person” shall mean any individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, joint venture, association, trust, unincorporated organization or other governmental or legal entity.

 

“Piggyback Registration” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(c)(i) of this Agreement.

 

“Prospectus” means the prospectus or prospectuses included in any Registration Statement (including without limitation, any prospectus subject to completion and a prospectus that includes any information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A promulgated under the Securities Act and any term sheet filed pursuant to Rule 434 under the Securities Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Shares covered by such Registration Statement and by all other amendments and supplements to the prospectus, including post-effective amendments and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such prospectus or prospectuses.

 

“Registrable Shares” with respect to any Holder, shall mean at any time the Common Stock (with the initial amount of Common Stock shares held by each Holder being as forth opposite such Holder’s name on Schedule I hereto), together with any class of equity securities of the Company or of a successor to the entire business of the Company which are issued in exchange for the Common Stock; provided, however, that such Registrable Shares shall cease to be Registrable Shares with respect to any Holder upon the earliest to occur of (A) the date on which a Registration Statement with respect to the sale of such Holder’s Registrable Shares shall have been declared effective under the Securities Act and all of such Holder’s Registrable Shares shall have been sold, transferred, disposed of or exchanged in accordance with such Registration Statement; (B) the date on which such securities shall have ceased to be outstanding; and (C) the date on which the Registrable Shares may be sold without restriction pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act in a single transaction.

 

“Registration Expenses” shall mean (i) the fees and disbursements of counsel and independent public accountants for the Company incurred in connection with the Company’s performance of or compliance with this Agreement, including the expenses of any special audits or “comfort” letters required by or incident to such performance and compliance, and any premiums and other costs of policies of insurance obtained by the Company against liabilities arising out of the sale of any securities, (ii) all registration, filing and stock exchange fees, all fees and expenses of complying with securities or “blue sky” laws, all fees and expenses of custodians, transfer agents and registrars, all printing expenses, messenger and delivery expenses and any fees and disbursements of one common counsel retained by a majority of the Registrable Shares, (iii) expenses relating to any analyst or investor presentations or any “road shows” undertaken in connection with the registration, marketing or selling of the Registrable Securities, (iv) fees and expenses in connection with any review by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) of the underwriting arrangements or other terms of the offering, and all fees and expenses of any “qualified independent underwriter,” including the reasonable fees

 

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and expenses of any counsel thereto, (v) costs of printing and producing any agreements among underwriters, underwriting agreements, any “blue sky” or legal investment memoranda and any selling agreements and other documents in connection with the offering, sale or delivery of the Registrable Securities; provided, however, that “Registration Expenses” shall not include any out-of-pocket expenses of the Holders (other than as set forth in clause (ii) above), transfer taxes, underwriting or brokerage commissions or discounts associated with effecting any sales of Registrable Shares that may be offered, which expenses shall be borne by each Holder of Registrable Shares on a pro rata basis with respect to the Registrable Shares so sold.

 

“Registration Statement” means any registration statement of the Company filed with the Commission under the Securities Act which covers any of the Registrable Shares pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, including the Prospectus, amendments and supplements to such Registration Statement, including post-effective amendments, all exhibits and all materials incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Registration Statement.

 

“Sale Expenses”  shall mean other than in connection with a Registration Statement, (i) the fees and disbursements of counsel and independent public accountants for the Company incurred in connection with the Company’s performance of or compliance with this Agreement, including the expenses of any special audits or “comfort” letters required by or incident to such performance and compliance, and any premiums and other costs of policies of insurance obtained by the Company against liabilities arising out of the sale of any securities and (ii) all registration, filing and stock exchange fees, all fees and expenses of complying with securities or “blue sky” laws, all fees and expenses of custodians, transfer agents and registrars, all printing expenses, messenger and delivery expenses and any fees and disbursements of one common counsel retained by a majority of the Registrable Shares; provided, however, that “Sale Expenses” shall not include any out-of-pocket expenses of the Holders (other than as set forth in clause (ii) above), transfer taxes, underwriting or brokerage commissions or discounts associated with effecting any sales of Registrable Shares that may be offered, which expenses shall be borne by each Holder of Registrable Shares on a pro rata basis with respect to the Registrable Shares so sold.

 

“Securities Act” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereof.

 

“Selling Holders’ Counsel” shall mean counsel for the Holders that is selected by the Holders holding a majority of the Registrable Shares included in a Registration Statement and that is reasonably acceptable to the Company.  In the absence of en election, such counsel shall be Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

 

“Shelf Registration Statement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a) of this Agreement.

 

“Suspension Event” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(b) of this Agreement.

 

“Suspension Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a) of this Agreement.

 

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

 

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“Withdrawn Demand Registration” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b)(v)  of this Agreement.

 

Section 2. Shelf Registrations and Piggy Back Registrations.

 

(a) Shelf Registration.

 

(i) At any time that the Company is eligible to use Form S-3, upon the written request of Whitney, the Company shall use reasonable best efforts to file with the Commission following the receipt of such written request (the “Demand Notice”), one or more registration statements with respect to the Registrable Shares under the Securities Act for the offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act (the “Shelf Registration Statement”). If such Shelf Registration Statement is not automatically declared effective by the Commission or does not automatically become effective, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Shelf Registration Statement to be declared effective by the Commission as soon as practicable after the filing thereof. The Shelf Registration Statement shall be on an appropriate form and the registration statement and any form of prospectus included therein (or prospectus supplement relating thereto) shall reflect the plan of distribution or method of sale as the Holders may from time to time notify the Company of.  Following the receipt by the Company of any Demand Notice, all of the Registrable Shares of any Whitney shall be included in the Shelf Registration Statement without any further action unless a smaller number is requested or a dollar amount is registered.  If not all of Whitney’s Registrable Shares are included, Whitney may submit subsequent Demand Notices.  Other Holders shall be afforded 7 days to decide to include Registrable Shares in proportion to the Registrable Shares of Whitney that are included.

 

(ii) Effectiveness. The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to keep any Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective for the period beginning on the date on which such Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective and ending on the date that all of the Registrable Shares registered under the Shelf Registration Statement cease to be Registrable Shares. During the period that such Shelf Registration Statement is effective, the Company shall supplement or make amendments to the Shelf Registration Statement, if required by the Securities Act or if reasonably requested by the Holders (whether or not required by the form on which the securities are being registered), including to reflect any specific plan of distribution or method of sale, and shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts to have such supplements and amendments declared effective, if required, as soon as practicable after filing.

 

(iii) Selection of Underwriters. If any offering pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement is an underwritten offering, a majority-in-interest of the Holders participating in such underwritten offering shall have the right to select the managing underwriter or underwriters to administer any such offering.

 

(iv) The priority of inclusion of Registrable Shares in a Shelf Registration Statement and any underwritten sale thereunder shall be consistent with Section 2(b)(ii) hereof.

 

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(b) Demand Registrations.

 

(i) Right to Request Registration. So long as the Company does not have an effective Shelf Registration Statement with respect to the Registrable Shares, Whitney may request registration under the Securities Act of all or part of its Registrable Shares (“Demand Registration”) with an anticipated aggregate offering price of at least $10.0 million at any time and from time to time.

 

Within ten (10) Business Days after receipt of any such request for Demand Registration, the Company shall give written notice of such request to all other Holders of Registrable Shares, if any, and shall, subject to the provisions of Section 2(b)(iii)  hereof, include in such registration all such Registrable Shares with respect to which the Company has received written requests for inclusion therein within seven (7) Business Days after the receipt of the Company’s notice. The Company shall use commercially reasonable best efforts to file with the Commission following receipt of any such request for Demand Registration one or more registration statements with respect to the Registrable Shares under the Securities Act (the “Demand Registration Statement”). The Company shall use commercially reasonable best efforts to cause such Demand Registration Statement to be declared effective by the Commission as soon as practicable after the filing thereof. The Demand Registration Statement shall be on an appropriate form and the Registration Statement and any form of prospectus included therein (or prospectus supplement relating thereto) shall reflect the plan of distribution or method of sale as the Holders may from time to time notify the Company. Following the receipt by the Company of any request for Demand Registration, subject to Section 2(b)(ii), all of the Registrable Shares of any Holder shall be included in the Demand Registration Statement without any further action by any Holder.

 

(ii) Priority on Demand Registrations. If the managing underwriters of a requested Demand Registration advise the Company in writing that, in their opinion, the number of Registrable Shares requested to be included in such Registration Statement exceeds the number that can be sold in such offering and/or that the number of Registrable Shares proposed to be included in any such registration would adversely affect the price per share of the Company’s equity securities to be sold in such offering (such maximum number of securities or Registrable Shares, as applicable, the “Maximum Threshold”), the underwriting shall be allocated among the Company and all Holders as follows: (A) first, the Registrable Shares, as to which registration has been requested pursuant to the applicable written contractual demand registration rights of Whitney that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Threshold; (B) second, to the extent that the Maximum Threshold has not been reached under the foregoing clause (A), the shares of Common Stock or other securities, if any, for the account of other Holders desiring to participate in such registration, pro rata, based on the amount of such Common Stock or other securities initially requested to be registered by such Holders or as such Holders may otherwise agree, that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Threshold.

 

(iii) Restrictions on Demand Registrations. The Company shall not be obligated to effect any Demand Registration within sixty (60) days after the effective date of a previous Demand Registration or a previous registration under which any Holder or

 

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Holders (the “Initiating Holders”) had piggyback rights pursuant to Section 2(c) hereof wherein the Initiating Holders were permitted to register, and sold, at least 50% of the shares of Registrable Shares requested to be included therein. In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect any Demand Registration after the Company has effected three (3) Demand Registrations and all such registrations effected by the Company have been declared and ordered effective in any twelve (12) month period.

 

(iv) Selection of Underwriters. If any of the Registrable Shares covered by a Demand Registration hereof is to be sold in an underwritten offering, a majority-in-interest of the Holders participating in such underwritten offering shall have the right to select the managing underwriter or underwriters to administer any such offering.

 

(v) Effective Period of Demand Registrations. After any Demand Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Agreement has become effective, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts to keep such Demand Registration Statement effective for a period equal to [one hundred eighty (180) days] from the date on which the SEC declares such Demand Registration Statement effective (or if such Demand Registration Statement is not effective during any period within such one hundred eighty (180) days, such 180-day period shall be extended by the number of days during such period when such Demand Registration Statement is not effective), or such shorter period that shall terminate when all of the Registrable Shares covered by such Demand Registration Statement have been sold pursuant to such Demand Registration. If the Company shall withdraw or reduce the number of shares of Registrable Shares that is subject to any Demand Registration pursuant to Section 2(b)(ii) (a “Withdrawn Demand Registration”), the Initiating Holders of the Registrable Shares remaining unsold and originally covered by such Withdrawn Demand Registration shall be entitled to a replacement Demand Registration that (subject to the provisions of this Section 2(b)) the Company shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts to keep effective for a period commencing on the effective date of such Demand Registration and ending on the earlier to occur of the date (i) that is one hundred eighty (180) days from the effective date of such Demand Registration and (ii) on which all of the Registrable Shares covered by such Demand Registration has been sold. Such additional Demand Registration otherwise shall be subject to all of the provisions of this Agreement.

 

(c) Piggyback Registrations.

 

(i) Right to Piggyback. Whenever the Company proposes to register any of its common equity securities under the Securities Act (other than a registration statement on Form S-8 or on Form S-4 or any similar successor forms thereto), whether for its own account or for the account of one or more stockholders of the Company, and the registration form to be used may be used for any registration of Registrable Shares (a “Piggyback Registration”), the Company shall give prompt written notice to all Holders of its intention to effect such a registration and, subject to Sections 2(c)(ii) and 2(c)(iii), shall include in such registration all Registrable Shares with respect to which the Company has received written requests for inclusion therein within seven (7) days after

 

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the receipt of the Company’s notice. The Company may postpone or withdraw the filing or the effectiveness of a Piggyback Registration at any time in its sole discretion.

 

(ii) Priority on Primary Registrations.  If a Piggyback Registration is an underwritten primary registration on behalf of the Company, and the managing underwriters advise the Company in writing that in their opinion the number of securities requested to be included in such registration exceeds the Maximum Threshold, the underwriting shall be allocated among the Company and all Holders as follows (A) first, the shares of Common Stock or other securities that the Company desires to sell that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Threshold; (B) second, to the extent that the Maximum Threshold has not been reached under the foregoing clause (A), the shares of Common Stock or other securities, if any, comprised of Registrable Shares, as to which registration has been requested pursuant to the applicable written contractual piggy-back registration rights of such Holders, pro rata, among the Holders who have elected to participate in such offering that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Threshold; (C) third, to the extent that the Maximum Threshold has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A) and (B), the shares of Common Stock or other securities for the account of other Persons that the Company is obligated to register pursuant to written contractual piggy-back registration rights with such Persons and that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Threshold.

 

(iii) Priority on Secondary Registrations. If a Piggyback Registration is an underwritten secondary registration on behalf of a holder of the Company’s securities other than Registrable Shares (“Non-Holder Securities”), and the managing underwriters advise the Company in writing that in their opinion the number of securities requested to be included in such registration exceeds the number that can be sold in such offering and/or that the number of Registrable Shares proposed to be included in any such registration would adversely affect the price per share of the Company’s equity securities to be sold in such offering, the underwriting shall be allocated among the holders of Non-Holder Securities and all Holders electing to participate in such offering pro rata on the basis of the Non-Holder Securities and Registrable Shares offered for such registration by the holder of Non-Holder Securities and each Holder, respectively, electing to participate in such registration.

 

(iv) Withdrawal. Any Holder may elect to withdraw such Holder’s request for inclusion of Registrable Shares in any Piggyback Registration by giving written notice to the Company of such request to withdraw prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement. The Company (whether on its own determination or as the result of a withdrawal by Persons making a demand pursuant to written contractual obligations) may withdraw a Registration Statement at any time prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement without thereby incurring any liability to the Holders of Registrable Shares. Notwithstanding any such withdrawal, the Company shall pay all expenses incurred by the Holders in connection with such Piggyback Registration as provided in Section 8(c).

 

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Section 3. Black-Out Periods.

 

(a) Notwithstanding Section 2, and subject to the provisions of this Section 3, the Company shall be permitted, in limited circumstances, to suspend the use, from time to time, of the Prospectus that is part of a Shelf Registration Statement (and therefore suspend sales of the Registrable Shares under such Shelf Registration Statement), by providing written notice (a “Suspension Notice”) to the Selling Holders’ Counsel, if any, and the Holders, for such times as the Company reasonably may determine is necessary and advisable (but in no event for more than an aggregate of ninety (90) days in any rolling twelve (12) month period commencing on the date of this Agreement or more than forty-five (45) consecutive days, except as a result of a refusal by the Commission to declare any post-effective amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement effective after the Company has used all commercially reasonable best efforts to cause the post-effective amendment to be declared effective by the Commission, in which case, the Company must terminate the black-out period immediately following the effective date of the post-effective amendment) if any of the following events shall occur: (i) a majority of the Board determines in good faith that (A) the offer or sale of any Registrable Shares would materially impede, delay or interfere with any proposed financing, offer or sale of securities, acquisition, corporate reorganization or other material transaction involving the Company, (B) after the advice of counsel, the sale of Registrable Shares pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement would require disclosure of non-public material information not otherwise required to be disclosed under applicable law, and (C) (x) the Company has a bona fide business purpose for preserving the confidentiality of such transaction, (y) disclosure would have a material adverse effect on the Company or the Company’s ability to consummate such transaction, or (z) such transaction renders the Company unable to comply with Commission requirements, in each case under circumstances that would make it impractical or inadvisable to cause the Shelf Registration Statement (or such filings) to become effective or to promptly amend or supplement the Shelf Registration Statement on a post effective basis, as applicable; or (ii) a majority of the Board determines in good faith, upon the advice of counsel, that it is in the Company’s best interest or it is required by law, rule or regulation to supplement the Shelf Registration Statement or file a post-effective amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement in order to ensure that the prospectus included in the Shelf Registration Statement (1) contains the information required under Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; (2) discloses any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement (or of the most recent post-effective amendment) that, individually or in the aggregate, represents a fundamental change in the information set forth therein; or (3) discloses any material information with respect to the plan of distribution that was not disclosed in the Shelf Registration Statement or any material change to such information. Upon the occurrence of any such suspension, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Shelf Registration Statement to become effective or to promptly amend or supplement the Shelf Registration Statement on a post effective basis or to take such action as is necessary to make resumed use of the Shelf Registration Statement as soon as possible.

 

(b) In the case of an event that causes the Company to suspend the use of a Shelf Registration Statement as set forth in paragraph (a) above (a “Suspension Event”), the Company shall give a Suspension Notice to the Selling Holders’ Counsel, if any, and the Holders to suspend sales of the Registrable Shares and such notice shall state generally the basis for the notice and that such suspension shall continue only for so long as the Suspension Event or its effect is continuing and the Company is using its commercially reasonable efforts and taking all reasonable steps to terminate suspension of the use of the Shelf Registration Statement as

 

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promptly as possible. A Holder shall not effect any sales of the Registrable Shares pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement (or such filings) at any time after it has received a Suspension Notice from the Company and prior to receipt of an End of Suspension Notice (as defined below). If so directed by the Company, each Holder will deliver to the Company (at the expense of the Company) all copies other than permanent file copies then in such Holder’s possession of the prospectus covering the Registrable Shares at the time of receipt of the Suspension Notice. The Holders may recommence effecting sales of the Registrable Shares pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement (or such filings) following further written notice to such effect (an “End of Suspension Notice”) from the Company, which End of Suspension Notice shall be given by the Company to the Holders and to the Selling Holders’ Counsel, if any, promptly following the conclusion of any Suspension Event and its effect.

 

(c) Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, if the Company shall give a Suspension Notice with respect to any Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to this Section 3, the Company agrees that it shall extend the period of time during which such Shelf Registration Statement shall be maintained effective pursuant to this Agreement by the number of days during the period from the date of receipt by the Holders of the Suspension Notice to and including the date of receipt by the Holders of the End of Suspension Notice and provide copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus necessary to resume sales, with respect to each Suspension Event; provided that such period of time shall not be extended beyond the date that Common Stock covered by such Shelf Registration Statement are no longer Registrable Shares.

 

Section 4. Registration Procedures.

 

(a) In connection with the filing of any Registration Statement or sale of Registrable Shares as provided in this Agreement, the Company shall use commercially reasonable best efforts to, as expeditiously as reasonably practicable:

 

(i) prepare and file with the Commission the Registration Statement, within the relevant time period specified in Section 2, on the appropriate form under the Securities Act, which form (1) shall be selected by the Company, (2) shall be available for the registration and sale of the Registrable Shares by the selling Holders thereof, (3) shall comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the applicable form and include or incorporate by reference all financial statements required by the Commission to be filed therewith or incorporated by reference therein, and (4) shall comply in all respects with the requirements of Regulation S-T under the Securities Act, and otherwise comply with its obligations under Section 2 hereof;

 

(ii) prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and post-effective amendments to each Registration Statement as may be necessary under applicable law to keep such Registration Statement effective for the applicable period; and cause each prospectus to be supplemented by any required prospectus supplement, and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 (or any similar provision then in force) under the Securities Act and comply with the provisions of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder applicable to them with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by each Registration Statement during the

 

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applicable period in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution by the selling Holders thereof;

 

(iii) (1) notify each Holder of Registrable Shares, at least five (5) Business Days after filing, that a Registration Statement with respect to the Registrable Shares has been filed and advising such Holders that the distribution of Registrable Shares will be made in accordance with any method or combination of methods legally available by the Holders of any and all Registrable Shares; (2) furnish to each Holder of Registrable Shares and to each underwriter of an Underwritten Offering of Registrable Shares, if any, without charge, as many copies of each prospectus, including each preliminary prospectus, and any amendment or supplement thereto and such other documents as such Holder or underwriter may reasonably request, including financial statements and schedules in order to facilitate the public sale or other disposition of the Registrable Shares; and (3) hereby consent to the use of the prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders of Registrable Shares in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Shares covered by the prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto;

 

(iv) use its commercially reasonable best efforts to register or qualify the Registrable Shares under all applicable state securities or “blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions as any Holder of Registrable Shares covered by a Registration Statement and each underwriter of an Underwritten Offering of Registrable Shares shall reasonably request by the time the applicable Registration Statement is declared effective by the Commission, and do any and all other acts and things which may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable each such Holder and underwriter to consummate the disposition in each such jurisdiction of such Registrable Shares owned by such Holder; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to (1) qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this Section 4(a)(iv), or (2) take any action which would subject it to general service of process or taxation in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject;

 

(v) notify promptly each Holder of Registrable Shares under a Registration Statement and, if requested by such Holder, confirm such advice in writing promptly at the address determined in accordance with Section 8(e) of this Agreement (1) when a Registration Statement has become effective and when any post-effective amendments and supplements thereto become effective, (2) of any request by the Commission or any state securities authority for post-effective amendments and supplements to a Registration Statement and prospectus or for additional information after the Registration Statement has become effective, (3) of the issuance by the Commission or any state securities authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose, (4) if, between the effective date of a Registration Statement and the closing of any sale of Registrable Shares covered thereby, the representations and warranties of the Company contained in any underwriting agreement, securities sales agreement or other similar agreement, if any, relating to the offering cease to be true and correct in all material respects, (5) of the happening of any event or the discovery of any facts during the period a Registration

 

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Statement is effective as a result of which such Registration Statement or any document incorporated by reference therein contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or, in the case of the prospectus, contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (which information shall be accompanied by an instruction to suspend the use of the Registration Statement and the prospectus (such instruction to be provided in the same manner as a Suspension Notice) until the requisite changes have been made, at which time notice of the end of suspension shall be delivered in the same manner as an End of Suspension Notice), (6) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Registrable Shares, for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose and (7) of the filing of a post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement;

 

(vi) furnish Selling Holders’ Counsel, if any, copies of any comment letters relating to the selling Holders received from the Commission or any other request by the Commission or any state securities authority for amendments or supplements to a Registration Statement and prospectus or for additional information relating to the selling Holders;

 

(vii) make every reasonable effort to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement at the earliest possible moment;

 

(viii) furnish to each Holder of Registrable Shares, and each underwriter, if any, without charge, at least one conformed copy of each Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules (without documents incorporated therein by reference and all exhibits thereto, unless requested);

 

(ix) cooperate with the selling Holders to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Shares to be sold and not bearing any restrictive legends; and enable such Registrable Shares to be in such denominations and registered in such names as the selling Holders or the underwriters, if any, may reasonably request at least three (3) Business Days prior to the closing of any sale of Registrable Shares;

 

(x) upon the occurrence of any event or the discovery of any facts, as contemplated by Sections 4(a)(v)(5) and 4(a)(v)(6) hereof, as promptly as practicable after the occurrence of such an event, use its commercially reasonable best efforts to prepare a supplement or post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or the related prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of the Registrable Shares, such prospectus will not contain at the time of such delivery any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or will remain so qualified, as applicable. At such time as such public disclosure is otherwise made or

 

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the Company determines that such disclosure is not necessary, in each case to correct any misstatement of a material fact or to include any omitted material fact, the Company agrees promptly to notify each Holder of such determination and to furnish each Holder such number of copies of the prospectus as amended or supplemented, as such Holder may reasonably request;

 

(xi) within a reasonable time prior to the filing of any Registration Statement, any prospectus, any amendment to a Registration Statement or amendment or supplement to a prospectus, provide copies of such document to the Selling Holders’ Counsel, if any, on behalf of such Holders, and make representatives of the Company as shall be reasonably requested by the Holders of Registrable Shares available for discussion of such document;

 

(xii) obtain a CUSIP number for the Registrable Shares not later than the effective date of a Registration Statement, and provide the Company’s transfer agent with printed certificates for the Registrable Shares, in a form eligible for deposit with the Depositary, in each case, to the extent necessary or applicable;

 

(xiii) enter into agreements (including underwriting agreements) and take all other customary appropriate actions in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Shares whether or not an underwriting agreement is entered into and whether or not the registration is an underwritten registration:

 

(A) make such representations and warranties to the Holders of such Registrable Shares and the underwriters, if any, in form, substance and scope as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in similar Underwritten Offerings as may be reasonably requested by them;

 

(B) obtain opinions of counsel to the Company and updates thereof (which counsel and opinions (in form, scope and substance) shall be reasonably satisfactory to any managing underwriter(s) and their counsel) addressed to the underwriters, if any (and in the case of an underwritten registration, each selling Holder), covering the matters customarily covered in opinions requested in Underwritten Offerings and such other matters as may be reasonably requested by the underwriter(s);

 

(C) obtain “comfort” letters and updates thereof from the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm (and, if necessary, any other independent certified public accountants of any subsidiary of the Company or of any business acquired by the Company for which financial statements are, or are required to be, included in the Registration Statement) addressed to the underwriter(s), if any, and use reasonable efforts to have such letter addressed to the selling Holders in the case of an underwritten registration (to the extent consistent with Statement on Auditing Standards No. 72 of the American Institute of Certified Public Accounts), such letters to be in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in “comfort” letters to underwriters in connection with similar Underwritten Offerings;

 

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(D) enter into a securities sales agreement with the Holders and an agent of the Holders providing for, among other things, the appointment of such agent for the selling Holders for the purpose of soliciting purchases of Registrable Shares, which agreement shall be in form, substance and scope customary for similar offerings;

 

(E) if an underwriting agreement is entered into, cause the same to set forth indemnification provisions and procedures substantially equivalent to the indemnification provisions and procedures set forth in Section 5 hereof with respect to the underwriters and all other parties to be indemnified pursuant to said Section or, at the request of any underwriters, in the form customarily provided to such underwriters in similar types of transactions; and

 

(F) deliver such documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested and as are customarily delivered in similar offerings to the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Registrable Shares being sold and the managing underwriters, if any;

 

(xiv) make available for inspection by any underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to a Registration Statement, Selling Holders’ Counsel and any accountant retained by a majority in principal amount of the Registrable Shares being sold, all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties or assets of the Company reasonably requested by any such persons, and cause the respective officers, directors, employees, and any other agents of the Company to supply all information reasonably requested by any such representative, underwriter, counsel or accountant in connection with a Registration Statement, and make such representatives of the Company available for discussion of such documents as shall be reasonably requested by the Company; provided, however, that the Selling Holders’ Counsel, if any, and the representatives of any underwriters will use commercially reasonable best efforts, to the extent reasonably practicable, to coordinate the foregoing inspection and information gathering and to not materially disrupt the Company’s business operations;

 

(xv) a reasonable time prior to filing any Registration Statement, any prospectus forming a part thereof, any amendment to such Registration Statement, or amendment or supplement to such prospectus, provide copies of such document to the underwriter(s) of an Underwritten Offering of Registrable Shares; within five (5) Business Days after the filing of any Registration Statement, provide copies of such Registration Statement to Selling Holders’ Counsel; make such changes in any of the foregoing documents prior to the filing thereof, or in the case of changes received from Selling Holders’ Counsel by filing an amendment or supplement thereto, as the underwriter or underwriters, or in the case of changes received from Selling Holders’ Counsel relating to the selling Holders or the plan of distribution of Registrable Shares, as Selling Holders’ Counsel, reasonably requests; not file any such document in a form to which any underwriter shall not have previously been advised and furnished a copy of or to which the Selling Holders’ Counsel, if any, on behalf of the Holders of Registrable Shares, or any underwriter shall reasonably object; not include in any amendment or supplement to such documents any information about the selling Holders or any change to the plan of distribution of

 

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Registrable Shares that would limit the method of distribution of the Registrable Shares unless Selling Holders’ Counsel has been advised in advance and has approved such information or change; and make the representatives of the Company available for discussion of such document as shall be reasonably requested by the Selling Holders’ Counsel, if any, on behalf of such Holders, Selling Holders’ Counsel or any underwriter;

 

(xvi) furnish to each Holder, if it has a due diligence defense under the Securities Act, and to each underwriter, if any, a signed counterpart, addressed to such Holder or underwriter, of (i) an opinion or opinions of counsel to the Company and (ii) if eligible under SAS 72, a comfort letter or comfort letters from the Company’s independent public accountants, each in customary form and covering such matters of the type customarily covered by opinions or comfort letters, as the case may be, as the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Shares included in such offering or the managing underwriter or underwriters therefor reasonably requests;

 

(xvii) use its commercially reasonable best efforts to cause all Registrable Shares to be listed on any national securities exchange on which the Company’s common stock is then listed;

 

(xviii) otherwise comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission and make available to its security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, an earnings statement covering at least twelve (12) months which shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder;

 

(xix) cooperate and assist in any filings required to be made with the FINRA and in the performance of any due diligence investigation by any underwriter and its counsel (including any “qualified independent underwriter” that is required to be retained in accordance with the rules and regulations of the FINRA);

 

(xx) the Company may (as a condition to a Holder’s participation in a Shelf Registration, Demand Registration or Piggyback Registration) require each Holder of Registrable Shares to furnish to the Company such information regarding the Holder and the proposed distribution by such Holder of such Registrable Shares as the Company may from time to time reasonably request in writing.

 

(xxi)   if Registrable Securities are to be sold in a Underwritten Offering, to include in the registration statement, or in the case of a Shelf Registration, a prospectus supplement, to be used all such information as may be reasonably requested by the underwriters for the marketing and sale of such Registrable Securities;

 

(xxii) cause the appropriate officers of the Company to (i) prepare and make presentations at any “road shows” and before analysts and rating agencies, as the case may be, (ii) take other actions to obtain ratings for any Registrable Securities and (iii) use their reasonable best efforts to cooperate as reasonably requested by the underwriters in the offering, marketing or selling of the Registrable Securities.

 

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Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Shares pursuant to a Registration Statement relating to such Registrable Shares until such Holder’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by Section 4(a)(v) hereof, and, if so directed by the Company, such Holder will deliver to the Company (at the Company’s expense) all copies in such Holder’s possession, other than permanent file copies then in such Holder’s possession, of the prospectus covering such Registrable Shares current at the time of receipt of such notice.

 

Section 5. Indemnification.

 

(a) Indemnification by the Company. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Holder, and the respective officers, directors, partners, employees, representatives and agents of any such Person, and each Person (a “Controlling Person”), if any, who controls (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) any of the foregoing Persons, as follows:

 

(i) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage, judgment, actions, other liabilities and expenses whatsoever (the “Liabilities”), as incurred, arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement (or any amendment or supplement thereto) pursuant to which Registrable Shares were registered under the Securities Act, including all documents incorporated therein by reference, or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or the omission or alleged omission therefrom at such date of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

 

(ii) against any and all Liabilities, as incurred, to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in settlement of any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or of any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission; provided that (subject to Section 5(d) below) any such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company; and

 

(iii) against any and all expense whatsoever, as incurred (including the fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by any indemnified party), reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission, to the extent that any such expense is not paid under subparagraph (i) or (ii) above;

 

provided, however, that this indemnity agreement shall not apply to any Liabilities to the extent arising out of any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by

 

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the Holder expressly for use in a Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or any prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto).

 

(b) Indemnification by the Holders.  Each Holder severally, but not jointly, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and the other selling Holders, and each of their respective officers, directors, partners, employees, representatives and agents, and each of their respective Controlling Persons, against any and all Liabilities described in the indemnity contained in Section 5(a) hereof, as incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged untrue statements or omissions, made in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or any prospectus included therein (or any amendment or supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with written information with respect to such Holder furnished to the Company by such Holder expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or such prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto); provided, however, that no such Holder shall be liable for any claims hereunder in excess of the amount of net proceeds received by such Holder from the sale of Registrable Shares pursuant to such Registration Statement.

 

(c) Notices of Claims, etc. Each indemnified party shall give notice as promptly as reasonably practicable to each indemnifying party of any action or proceeding commenced against it in respect of which indemnity may be sought hereunder, but failure so to notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve such indemnifying party from any liability hereunder to the extent it is not materially prejudiced as a result thereof and in any event shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have otherwise than on account of this indemnity agreement. An indemnifying party may participate at its own expense in the defense of such action; provided, however, that counsel to the indemnifying party shall not (except with the consent of the indemnified party) also be counsel to the indemnified party. In no event shall the indemnifying party or parties be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one counsel (in addition to any local counsel) separate from their own counsel for all indemnified parties in connection with any one action or separate but similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whosoever in respect of which indemnification or contribution could be sought under this Section 5 (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties thereto), unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such litigation, investigation, proceeding or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.

 

(d) Indemnification Payments. If at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel, such indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of the nature contemplated by Section 5(a)(ii) effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than forty-five (45) days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request, (ii) such indemnifying party shall have received notice of the terms of such settlement at least thirty (30) days prior to such settlement being entered into and (iii) such indemnifying party shall not

 

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have reimbursed such indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement.

 

(e) Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in this Section 5 is for any reason unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any Liabilities referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the aggregate amount of such Liabilities incurred by such indemnified party, as incurred, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Holders, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such Liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.

 

The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Holders on the other hand shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any such untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or the Holders and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

 

The Company and the Holders agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 5 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this Section 5. The aggregate amount of Liabilities incurred by an indemnified party and referred to above in this Section 5 shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.

 

No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

 

For purposes of this Section 5, each Person, if any, who controls the a Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as a Holder, and each director of the Company, and each Person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company.

 

Section 6. Holdback Agreement.

 

(a)           Each Holder agrees not to effect any sale, transfer, or other actual or pecuniary transfer (including heading and similar arrangements) of any Registrable Shares or of any other equity securities of the Company, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for such stock or securities, during the period beginning seven days prior to, and ending 90 days (subject to a 17 day extension is requested by the managing underwriter) after (or for such shorter period as to which the managing underwriter(s) may agree), the date of the underwriting agreement of each underwritten offering made pursuant to a Registration Statement

 

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other than Registrable Securities sold pursuant to such underwritten offering; and (b) the Company agrees not to effect any public sale or distribution of its equity securities (or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for such securities) during the seven days prior to and during the 90-day period beginning on the effective date of any underwritten Demand Registration (or for such shorter period as to which the managing underwriter or underwriters may agree), except as part of such Demand Registration or in connection with any employee benefit or similar plan, any dividend reinvestment plan, or a business acquisition or combination and to use all reasonable efforts to cause each holder of at least 5% (on a fully-diluted basis) of its equity securities (or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for such securities) which are or may be purchased from the Company at any time after the date of this Agreement (other than in a registered offering) to agree not to effect any sale or distribution of any such securities during such period (except as part of such underwritten offering, if otherwise permitted).  Each Holder agrees to enter into any agreements reasonably requested by any managing underwriter reflecting the terms of this Section 6.

 

(b) Notwithstanding anything contained herein, after December 31, 2013 no Holder shall have any obligations under this Section 6 (except with respect to an agreement signed with any managing underwriter prior to December 31, 2013) or rights under Section 2 hereof if such Holder is an individual that was an employee of the Company but no longer is an employee of the Company.

 

Section 7. Termination; Survival. The rights of each Holder under this Agreement shall terminate upon the date that all of the Registrable Shares cease to be Registrable Shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations of the parties under Sections 5 and 6 of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect following such time.

 

Section 8. Miscellaneous.

 

(a) Covenants Relating To Rule 144. For so long as the Company is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15 of the Securities Act, the Company covenants that it will file the reports required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations adopted by the Commission thereunder. If the Company ceases to be so required to file such reports, the Company covenants that it will upon the request of any Holder of Registrable Shares (a) make publicly available such information as is necessary to permit sales pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, (b) deliver such information to a prospective purchaser as is necessary to permit sales pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act and it will take such further action as any Holder of Registrable Shares may reasonably request, and (c) take such further action that is reasonable in the circumstances, in each case, to the extent required, from time to time, to enable such Holder to sell its Registrable Shares without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by (i) Rule 144 under the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, (ii) Rule 144A under the Securities Act, as such rule may be amended from time to time, or (iii) any similar rules or regulations hereafter adopted by the Commission. Upon the request of any Holder of Registrable Shares, the Company will deliver to such Holder a written statement as to whether it has complied with such requirements (at any time after ninety (90) days after the effective date of the first Registration Statement filed by the Company for an offering of its Common Stock to the general public) and of the Securities Act and the Exchange

 

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Act (at any time after it has become subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act), a copy of the most recent annual and quarterly report(s) of the Company, and such other reports, documents or stockholder communications of the Company, and take such further actions consistent with this Section 8(a), as a Holder may reasonably request in availing itself of any rule or regulation of the Commission allowing a Holder to sell any such Registrable Shares without registration.

 

(b)           The Company shall cooperate with Whitney in any sale and or transfer of Registrable Securities including by means not involving a registration statement.

 

(c) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company has not entered into and the Company will not after the date of this Agreement enter into any agreement which is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders of Registrable Shares pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions of this Agreement. The rights granted to the Holders hereunder do not and will not for the term of this Agreement in any way conflict with the rights granted to the holders of the Company’s other issued and outstanding securities under any such agreements.

 

(d) Expenses. All Registration Expenses or Sale Expenses of any Holder shall be borne by the Company, whether or not any Registration Statement related thereto becomes effective or other Sale takes place.

 

(e) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement may be amended or waived at any time only by the written agreement of the Company and the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Shares.  Any waiver, permit, consent or approval of any kind or character on the part of any such Holders of any provision or condition of this Agreement must be made in writing and shall be effective only to the extent specifically set forth in writing. Any amendment or waiver effected in accordance with this paragraph shall be binding upon each Holder of Registrable Shares and the Company.

 

(f) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand delivery, registered first-class mail, facsimile or any courier guaranteeing overnight delivery (a) if to a Holder, at the most current address given by such Holder to the Company by means of a notice given in accordance with the provisions of this Section 8(e) and (b) if to the Company, to Ignite Restaurant Group, Inc., 9900 Westpark Drive, Suite 300, Houston, Texas 77063, Attention: Edward W. Engel (facsimile: (832) 369-7297).

 

All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; two (2) Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt is acknowledged, if sent by facsimile (provided confirmation of transmission is mechanically or electronically generated and kept on file by the sending party) and on the next Business Day if timely delivered to an air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery.

 

(g) Successor and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of the Company. In addition, Whitney may assign its rights hereunder to subsequent Holders. If any transferee of any Holder shall acquire Registrable Shares, in any manner, whether by operation of law or otherwise, such Registrable Shares shall

 

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be held subject to all of the terms of this Agreement, and by taking and holding such Registrable Shares such person shall be conclusively deemed to have agreed to be bound by and to perform all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement, including the restrictions on resale set forth in this Agreement, and such person shall be entitled to receive the benefits hereof.

 

(h) Specific Enforcement. Without limiting the remedies available to the Holders, the Company acknowledges that any failure by the Company to comply with its obligations under Section 2 hereof may result in material irreparable injury to the Holders for which there is no adequate remedy at law, that it would not be possible to measure damages for such injuries precisely and that, in the event of any such failure, a Holder may obtain such relief as may be required to specifically enforce the Company’s obligations under Section 2 hereof.

 

(i) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

(j) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

 

(k) GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

(l) Severability. In the event that any one or more of the provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not be affected or impaired thereby.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

	
 
    	
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